This is not perfume!

Last Updated: 04/05/2001 10:37 AM

This is a hoax/urban legend, there is no documented cases of this happening (as at 5th May 2001).
However, please treat any similar approaches as you would any other unknown person, and be suspicious.

Don't know if this is happening in any other areas but all of you ought to be aware of this.

Be careful, I was in Slough yesterday and some dodgy bloke asked me and my friend to smell some perfume, we just told him we were too busy and
carried on walking.  I have just had this email, and now I realise what he was up to!!!

"I was approached yesterday afternoon around 3:30pm in a Woolworth's parking lot by two males asking 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, pointed 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.

THIS IS NOT PERFUME!!!!!!

When you sniff it, you'll pass out.  And 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.

PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS AND PLEASE BE ALERT..........AND BEWARE!!!!!!!!

Here's another version:

I WAS SENT AN E-MAIL AT WORK ABOUT SOMEONE WALKING UP TO YOU AT MALLS OR PARKING LOTS AND ASKING YOU TO SNIFF PERFUME THEY ARE SELLING AT A CHEAP PRICE. THIS ISN'T REALLY PERFUME BUT ETHER, AND YOU WILL PASS OUT AND THEY TAKE YOUR WALLET AND ALL YOUR VALUABLES. THIS IS NOT A PRANK E-MAIL, THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE I WAS STOPPED IN GOVERNORS SQUARE PARKING LOT TODAY.
A MAROON CAR PULLED UP TO ME WITH TWO FEMALES. THE FEMALE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN "SNIFFING" SOME PERFUME THEY WERE SELLING. I REMEMBERED THE E-MAIL I JUST RECEIVED YESTERDAY, AND SAID NO. SHE ASKED ME A SECOND TIME, KEPT ON WALKING SAID NO ONCE AGAIN AND THEY PULLED OFF. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE E-MAIL, I VERY WELL MAY HAVE DONE IT. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND TELL THEM TO BEWARE. THIS IS TRUE!! IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE E-MAIL I GOT YESTERDAY, I COULD VERY WELL MAY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM. (AIN'T GOD GOOD?) REMEMBER TO PASS THIS ON!!!!!