Bruce -

I tried snopes.com (is that the right name?) to see if this was listed
there, but can't get to the server.  Have you heard of this?

- Pam

-----Original Message-----
From: Janapareddi, Savithri
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 12:19 PM
To: USA XES IM
Subject: FW: stay out of the Malls on 10/31


I understand that we cannot use work id to pass on mails like these but I
couldn't stop doing so as I was a little concerned. Pardon me if this caused
any inconvenience to anyone.
Thanks
Savi

Probably, this may be a hoax, and I hope it is.  I just wanted to send this
as many people as I know considering the Sept 11th incident.

The mail reads as follows--
Not sure if anyone has seen this already, not sure if this is true......
Could be a hoax, but always better to be safe.
Please read!

FYI - I was very skeptical of this e-mail so I called the telephone number
and it really was Laura Katsis at work.  She said that she did write and
send the e-mail in reaction to what her girlfriend told her.  This could
still be a hoax, but I am making it a little more seriously knowing that
Laura is a real person who admits writing the e-mail and who stands behind
that she wrote.
 Hi All -
I think you all know that I don't send out hoaxes and don't do the
reactionary thing and send out anything that crosses my path.  This one,
however, is a friend of a friend and I've given it enough credibility in my
mind that I'm writing it up and sending it out to all of you.My friend's
friend was dating a guy from Afghanistan up until a month ago. She had a
date with him around 9/6 and was stood up.  She was understandably upset and
went to his home to find it completely emptied. On 9/10, she received a
letter from her boyfriend explaining that he wished he could tell her why he
had left and that he was sorry it had to be like that.  The part worth
mentioning is that he BEGGED her not to get on any commercial airlines on
9/11 and to not to go any malls on Halloween.  As soon as everything
happened on the 11th, she called the FBI and has since turned over the
letter. This is not an email that I've received and decided to pass on.
This came from a phone conversation with a long-time friend of mine last
night. I may be wrong, and I hope I am.  However, with one of his warnings
being correct and devastating, I'm not willing to take the chance on the
second and wanted to make sure that people I cared about had the same
information that I did.
 Laura Katsis
 Implementation Specialist
 714/921-5424
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