"Wanna smell this neat perfume?" SCAM!

Warning - Beware!!
United States
June 26, 2007 4:27pm CST
Hello friends just wanted to show everyone this e-mail message I got today. Pretty scary so just want to pass it on to those women who might run into these scary creeps! Yes I've copied it and pasted it but only because it's something that I'm sure will help others out there to warn them too.MAKE SURE YOUR DAUGHTERS KNOW! & EVERYONE ELSE This was written by a guy from KVLY-TV in Fargo . This is true. Scary! This is something that happened to us on the way back from vacation last week. At first I didn't think much of it until now. The reason we were a little suspicious is we had been riding in a jeep all day with 100 degree temps and we stopped at a truck stop for something to drink. When I was leaving, a young girl followed me out and asked what kind of cologne I was wearing. Well, after 7 hours in the car sweating, I don't think you could tell if I was or was not wearing any cologne. We just got in the jeep and said no thanks. Then it was about 3 weeks ago, I was at a service station in Birmingham getting gas. It was about 9:30 PM . I was approached by 2 men and 2 women in a car. The man that was driving asked me 'What kind of perfume do you wear?' I was a bit confused and I asked him 'Why?' He said, 'We are selling some name brand perfumes, at cheap prices.' I said I had no money. He then reached out of the car and handed me paper that was laminated; it had many perfumes on it. I looked quickly at it and gave it back. I said, have no money. He said it is OK, we take check, cash, or credit cards. Then the people in the car began to laugh. I just got in my car and said no thanks. Then I received this e-mail yesterday and it sent chills up my spine. Please read this. It is no joke. Here is the e-mail I was sent: 'Dear Friends: I know not all of you are women that I a m sending this to, but am hoping you will share this with your wives, daughters, mothers, sisters, etc. Our world seems to! be gett ing crazier by the day. Pipe bombs in mail boxes and sickos in parking lots with perfume. Be careful. I was approached yesterday afternoon around 5:30 PM in the Wal-Mart parking lot by two males asking what kind of perfume I was wearing. Then they asked if I'd like to sample some fa bulous scent they were willing to sell me at very reasonable rate. I probably would have agreed had I not received an e-mail warning of a 'Wanna smell this neat perfume?' scam. The men continued to stand between parked cars, I guess to wait for someone else to hit on. I stopped a lady going towards them, pointing at them and told her about how I was sent an e-mail at work about someone walking up to you at the malls or in parking lots and asking you to SNIFF PERFUME that they are selling at a cheap price or at least compare to which one you like best. THIS IS NOT PERFUME...IT IS ETHER! When you sniff it, you'll pass out. They'll take your wallet, your valuables and heaven knows what else. If it were not for this e-mail, I probably would have sniffed the 'perfume' but thanks to the generosi ty of an e-mailing friend, I was spared whatever might have happened to me. I !;wanted to do the same for you. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS AND PLEASE BE ALERT AND BE AWARE. IF YOU ARE A MAN AND RECEIVE THIS, PASS IT ON TO YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS. Ladies, this happened to me yesterday and I didn't smell the perfume either, thanks to this email. This is true. Believe me, I know. I was over by Big Lots in the parking lot at lunch time when I was approached. So either day or night, it does not matter. There were 3 guys together when I was approached. I called the police when I got back to my desk. Like the email says above, LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS - YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, CO-WORKERS, whomever. It helped me. The first;thing that popped into my head was this e-mail warning .
3 responses
• United States
26 Jun 07
That is a fair warning to all, but according to this article http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/perfume.asp it is false and never really occurred. Read the above posted article and it will explain things in detail.
• United States
26 Jun 07
opps just seen someone just posted that article. Although snopes is a really good place to check out most things like the above posted warning, to check on it's authenticity.
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• United States
26 Jun 07
Thanks, my first response also gave me the link. Guess I gotta be more careful about that next time. Thanks!
• United States
26 Jun 07
No problem I use to post such warnings myself, until I learned about snopes.com that is. Now that I know about it, I check it before I post it.
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
26 Jun 07
So you know, this is untrue. Check it out: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/perfume.asp
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• United States
26 Jun 07
Oh wow, how did you find that? Sorry, I had no idea, just wanted to warn anyone if it was true but thanks so much for that information, will try to be more sure next time before posting something like that. Thanks again!!!
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
26 Jun 07
www.snopes.com They are a great resource for find out if just about anything is true or not.
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• United States
26 Jun 07
I will have to bookmark that page than. Thanks so much, you've been a great help!
@sahm35 (890)
• United States
26 Jun 07
Yes I heard about this. Do you think that its real?
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• United States
26 Jun 07
Gosh, apparently looks like it's not real. So sorry for that. My first response actually sent a link stating it's a false e-mail. Guess I gotta be more careful about that before posting, so sorry!