A Warning From Homeland Security? (1923 hits)
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Submitted by Laina (View user info) at 2003-12-15 12:21:53 EST
Government Warning regarding purchase of UPS
>uniforms:
>There has been a huge purchase, $32,000 worth, of United Parcel Service
>(UPS) uniforms on eBay over the last 30 days.
>This could represent a serious threat as bogus drivers (terrorists) can drop off anything to anyone with deadly consequences! If you have ANY questions when a UPS driver appears at your door, they should be able to furnish VALID I.D.
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>Additionally, if someone in a UPS uniform comes to make a drop off or pick up, make absolutely sure they are driving a UPS truck. UPS doesn't make deliveries or pickups in anything, except a company vehicle.
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>If you have a problem, IMMEDIATELY call your local
>law enforcement agency right away!
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>TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY! Tell everyone in your office,
>your family, your friends, etc. Make people aware so that we can prepare and/or avoid terrorist attacks on our people! Thank you for your time in reviewing this and PLEASE send to EVERYONE on your list, even if they are friend or foe. We should all be aware!
Kimberly Bush-Carr
Management Program Specialist
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Bureau Customs and Border Protection
Washington, DC 20229
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I received this forward (goddamn spammers!) and I wonder if it's a bullshit spam or legit? I didn't see anything about it on Snope's but I did check Ebay and you can get just about any uniform from FedEx to UPS to Cop uniforms on there. Kinda scary. My office uses FedEx, UPS, US mail and DHL and a bunch of courriers. I always see the same people from each place but somedays subsitutes are in for them. Be careful peeps,strange things could be afoot......
jinx
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Submitted by jinx (user info) at 2003-12-15 14:05:06 EST (#)
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WTF OMG! That reminds me of the time my sister-in-laws older cousins friend who works with a guy at the Quick Stop almost got stabbed! It wasn't a gang initiation... I'm trying to remember...The guy was in the back seat of his car, and then there was a truck behind him who saw the guy get in...and he kept flashing his lights and the Quick stop guy was all scared because the truck kept flashing his lights...but as it turns out the trucker saved his life! true story..I swear. My sister-in-laws older cousins friend wouldn't lie.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-12-15 13:31:42 EST (#)
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Not only that but a friend of a friend of mine's older brother's little league coach's second cousin flashed his lights at a car and got shot as a part of some gang initiation.
Submitted by jinx (user info) at 2003-12-15 13:17:51 EST (#)
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OMG WTF LOL loki! That happened to my friends cousins best friends boyfriend! He got drugged in Cancun! And then, my older sisters boyfriends friends Brother ate Pop rocks and drank Pepsi....may he rest in peace.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-12-15 13:05:52 EST (#)
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Herpes stole my juice.
I'm pretty sure that if the Department of Homeland Security had important information to convey to the public, they for sure would use spam as opposed to more boring channels like oh say the news or a public announcement.
In other news, I am pretty sure that if you get drunk at a party, you very well could end up in a bathtub of ice with your kidney removed. Yep pretty sure that's true.
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2003-12-15 13:00:18 EST (#)
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Well, I'll tell you this...the Department of Homeland Security is right down the street from me, and I've seen plenty of UPS trucks headed in there with no pause at all, and I work downtown for the government and have heard nothing about this, so I'm going to go with this being crap.
Submitted by glam_daddy (user info) at 2003-12-15 12:48:34 EST (#)
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Booooo!
Submitted by jinx (user info) at 2003-12-15 12:45:31 EST (#)
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Hmmm. I never got the email till today, but then again, everyone I know fears to send me forwards. I checked Snopes and didn't get any search results but probably typed some shit like umigoms or something. Da well, it will pass.
Well, get pissed if ya want I thought I was saving Ubies from a mail bomb...you can give me your address if ya want and I can arrange it anyway.
Fuckyou very much and have a pleasant day!
-Jinx
Submitted by DrunkMonk (user info) at 2003-12-15 12:41:13 EST (#)
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This is way I always make the delivery guy open the package himself, with the top pointing at his face...
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2003-12-15 12:33:31 EST (#)
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http://www.snopes.com/rumors/ups.asp
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2003-12-15 12:27:18 EST (#)
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Oh, and sorry if I came off as a dick just now, I wasn't trying to be.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2003-12-15 12:23:20 EST (#)
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Wow, I got that same e-mail...6 months ago!!!
It's stupid and just trying to scare you.