Perfume Scam Warning

Perfume Scam Warning

>Please read - this is one of the latest scams going around. I don't know
> >if it's reached over the pond yet but just in case.....
> >
> >
> >It was about 3 weeks ago, I was at the Shell station in London
> >getting diesel. It was about 11:30 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, 'I have no money'. He said 'It is OK, we take
> >cheque, 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 not joke.
> >
> >Here is the e-mail I was sent :
> >
> >Dear Friends: I know not all of you are women that I am sending this
> >to, but I am hoping you will share this with your wives, daughters,
> >mother, sisters, etc.
> >
> >Our world seems to be getting crazier by the day. Pipe bombs in
> >mailboxes and sickos in parking lots with perfume. Be careful. I was
> >approached yesterday afternoon around 3:30 pm in the Tesco car park
> >when two males asked what kind of perfume I was wearing. Then they
> >asked if I'd like to sample some fabulous scent they were willing to
> >sell me at a very reasonable rate. I probably would have agreed had I
> >not received an e-mail some weeks ago 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 shopping areas or in parking lots
> >and asking you to SNIFF PERFUME that they are selling at a cheap price.
> >
> >
> >
> >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
> >generosity 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 the car park 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 home. Like
> >the email says above, LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS. YOUR FRIENDS,
> >FAMILY, CO-WORKERS, whoever. It helped me. The first thing that
> >popped into my head was this e-mail warning.


This is getting worse in London apparently

bloody hell!

This ISNT A SCAM its a chain mail letter

http://www.nerdherd.com/hoaxes/peerPressureForwards/forWomen/perfumingtheives.php

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/robbery/perfume.htm

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/perfume-bogus-warning.html

I could add another 20 links

It has been happening, be careful

Isn't Goalking in London?

Hmm, tbh it's a blatent hoax in attempt to get people to send millions of emails.

If it was true it would be on the news, on the radio and in the papers!

Wouldn't worry too much about it, this sorta shit goes on all the time.

Isn't ether a magic potion from Final Fantasy?

or faberge trying to make a comeback with Brut

what a load of shite

Thats quite worrying. But then if men are hanging round spraying something in a petrol station, you would think the assisstant would tell them to f off or call the police :spangled:

It was just a fragance on paper I think hun!! It has happened in car parks though, or at least it's supposed. Fuck know's if it's true!

Still if the same blokes were hanging round all day, youd be suspicious

In tesco car park? When people are around, and propbebly cctv cameras??

There are loads of gangs that operate in service station car parks approaching people to ask about perfume or designer clothes.... once they have your attention they rob you in various different ways. The getting knocked out james bond is just a fabrication.....

Not surprising the robbers are nearly always Illegal Immigrants or failed asylum seekers.

As we haven't been invaded by the levels of scum that London has we haven't really heard of this type of crime up here. YET.