i got this from my mother who works at the county jail here...the county sheriff had sent this on to her.  this is not a hoax.

 

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            We recently received this warning from a family
> > > > member who lives in
> > > > >Texas and
> > > > >> > works for a law enforcement agency there. This
> > > > sounds very scary.
> > > > >> > Warning received from Police...please read and
> > > > pass along
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > A t t e n t i o n :::
> > > > >> > This is very scary and is not a joke. Please
> > > > read -- it definitely is
> > > > a
> > > > >> > serious threat to our lives and health. This is
> > > > an alert about a virus
> > > > >in the
> > > > >> > original sense of the word...... one that
> > > > affects your body.....not
> > > > your
> > > > >hard
> > > > >> > drive. There have been 23 confirmed cases of
> > > > people attacked by the
> > > > >> > Klingerman Virus, a virus that arrives in your
> > > > real mailbox, not in
> > > > your
> > > > >> > e-mail inbox.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Someone has been mailing large blue envelopes,
> > > > seemingly at random, to
> > > > >people
> > > > >> > in the US and Canada. On the front of the
> > > > envelope in bold black
> > > > >letters is
> > > > >> > printed "A Gift For You From The Klingerman
> > > > Foundation".
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > When the envelopes are opened, there is a small
> > > > sponge sealed in
> > > > >plastic.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > This sponge carries what has come to be known
> > > > as the Klingerman Virus
> > > > >and
> > > > >> > public health officials state this is a strain
> > > > of virus they have not
> > > > >> > previously encountered. Those who have come in
> > > > contact with the
> > > > >Klingerman
> > > > >> > Virus have been hospitalized with severe
> > > > dysentery.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > So far seven of the twenty-three victims have
> > > > died. There is no
> > > > >legitimate
> > > > >> > Klingerman Foundation, mailing unsolicited
> > > > gifts.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > If you receive an oversized blue envelope in
> > > > the mail marked "A Gift
> > > > For
> > > > >You
> > > > >> > From The Klingerman Foundation." Do not open it
> > > > !!!!!
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Place it in a strong plastic bag or container &
> > > > call the police
> > > > >immediately.
> > > > >> > The "gift" is one you definitely do not want to
> > > > open.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE THAT YOU CARE
> > > > ABOUT

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