Posted by whizkidd
Sounds like a typical hoax...but still...
Dear All, I would like to bring to your attention a terrible incident which happened to me on Friday 2nd February 2007 at approximately 18.05.
I had left work (8 King Street, Manchester) and I proceeded up King St. There were plenty of people around finishing work for the weekend and about half way up King Street (outside The White Company) a woman had come out of the walk through from St Ann's Square and said to me she was having a terrible day as she had just found her husband in bed with another woman.
I thought it was strange that she would tell a complete stranger this information so I carried on walking. She then stopped me and asked for 32 pence to catch the bus home. I was immediately suspicious of the situation, as I would imagine a bus to anywhere would be more than 32 pence and she wasn't the stereotypical person that normally asks you for change for the bus.
She was clean, well dressed and well spoken. She also had a handbag. Feeling uncomfortable with the situation I agreed to give her some change, just so I could get away as promptly as possible. I gave her what change I had which was approximately 80 pence. She then said she was grateful and she'd send me £20 back. I thought she was going to ask for my address (which I wouldn't have given) but she didn't.
She said thank you and squeezed my arm as a token of appreciation. As she walked away she dropped some of the money & didn't retrieve it, which certainly aroused suspicions; if she didn't need the money why did she stop me? I proceeded up King St towards Cross Street but realised something was wrong.
My left hand side had gone completely numb and my arm went into a spasm. I knew she had done something to me when she touched my arm. I needed to tell someone quickly what had happened as I assumed in a few seconds I would be unconscious and what I assume would be her accomplice would be waiting for me to be completely helpless and do the unthinkable to me.
I managed to get my phone out of pocket and just pressed last number re-dial. At the same time I stopped a lady and realised I sounded stupid at what I was saying but she could also hear me on the phone so she realised I was genuine.
I started to lose the power of speech. She stayed with me and we got to Bootle Street police station. My arm was hurting but whatever I was injected with couldn't have penetrated completely so I got the feeling back about 10 minutes later.
The fact it had a coat, suit jacket and blouse to get through must've saved me. I had the smallest scratch mark on my arm, there is an identical one on my coat and suit jacket. It will probably be impossible to tell what I was injected with, and although I still await the results of blood tests they are only checking for diseases I may have been given. The police are confident it will be caught on CCTV and I await father information in that regard. The reason for sending this e-mail is to please ask you to warn EVERYONE you know, not just women but men too and ask them to tell girlfriends, wives, sisters & mothers. The message needs to get through to be extra vigilant. I was one of the lucky ones (blood results pending) and if I can make people aware of these people then I'd like to think it can make a difference.
Anything like this happening in Manchester???
Posted by axxxr
what an odd story.
Thats the first ive heard of this.
Im sure it would have been in the papers or the news if this was true.
Posted by *Jojo*
@whiz - Looks like it's REAL
Posted by jcwhite_uk
I have seen similar emails before and they have all been hoaxes. Why anyone would waste the time to write that out for no good reason is beyond me.
Posted by whizkidd
Yeah..even the grammer is correct!
Posted by *Jojo*
@whiz - It's very DETAILED that's WHY
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Thats grammar my dear friend
Posted by axxxr
Actually found one, realised should have been spelt "realized", so thats one spelling mistake.
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Yeah...,my bad..
btw, @AXXXR, "realised" and "realized" should both be correct..try toggling the language settings from UK to US.. 
Posted by leeboy13
isnt the english with a s and us with a z?
dont trust me though, my spelling a grammar sucks!
and on topic, that is a well strange email mate! never seen this type before lol
Posted by pmerryman
I live not too far from Manchester, and I haven't heard anything on the local news about this type of thing. Will let you know if I do.
Posted by max_wedge
hoax hoax hoax
Posted by mikespal
Does seem to be a hoax but someone has done their homework.
8 King Street are barristers' chambers.
Why would they use that address?
Posted by max_wedge
yes the story is in the bbc news but that doesn't make it real.
The hoaxer could easily have copied the news story. These kinds of hoaxes are used by spammers to garnish email addresses. NEVER forward this kind of hoax on to everyone in your address book. You are just giving all your contacts to a spammer. It really pisses me off when people email me this sort of crap. I get enough spam as it is...
Here's the link to the actual story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6335369.stm
Here's a link with advice to tell if a warning email about a virus is a hoax. The advice also mostly applies to this kind of hoax warning as well:
http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/bit051001.html
In particular Point 3 in that link is relevant to the hoax above.
It's a very well done hoax, grammatically correct and so forth, but it's still a hoax in my view.
Posted by london-uk
As said above, typical hoax. I got quite a laughable one a while back which said something along the lines of "As a trusted friend I am sending you a warning. One of my colleagues just came back from his lunch-break. He was buying a sandwich at the supermarket, when the guy in front of him at the checkout left forgetting his wallet. My colleague ran after him to return the wallet, the man then said thank you so much, and as a thank you he said "for your safety stay out of (I can't remember which city) on such-and-such date"". The spam then went on to say something like " I want to save you and your friends, so please forward this message to all your contacts"
To be honest, I don't know why these people can be bothered to spend their time concocting all these stories.