posted on March 23, 2004 04:03:03 PM new
Government Warning regarding purchase of UPS
uniforms:
Please pass this around.
There has been a huge purchase, $32,000 worth, of United Parcel Service
(UPS) uniforms on eBay over the last 30 days. This could represent a
serious threat as bogus drivers (terrorists) can drop off anything to
anyone with deadly consequences! If you have ANY questions when a UPS
driver appears at your door, they should be able to furnish VALID ID.
Additionally, if someone in a UPS uniform comes to make a drop off or
pick up, make absolutely sure they are driving a UPS truck. UPS doesn't
make deliveries or pickups in anything, except a company vehicle. If you
have a problem, IMMEDIATELY call your local law enforcement agency right
away!
TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY ! Tell everyone in your office, your family, your
friends, etc. Make people aware so that we can prepare and/or avoid
terrorist attacks on our people! Thank you for your time in reviewing
this and PLEASE send to EVERYONE on your list, even if they are friend
or foe. We should all be aware!
Kimberly Bush-Carr
Management Program Specialist
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Bureau Customs and Border Protection
Washington, DC 20229
posted on March 23, 2004 04:11:31 PM newThe Washington Post:
UPS Rumors Are Uniformly Wrong
By Don Oldenburg
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 8, 2003; Page C10
Should we beware of UPS deliveries? That's what a Maryland reader asked last week after receiving a troubling e-mail supposedly reporting that $32,000 worth of the service's famous brown uniforms were purchased on eBay over the last 30 days.
Circulated in the intelligence, law enforcement and security community since February, various versions of the e-mail have now leaked into public in-boxes and a few online discussion groups. And with the threat of terrorism raising public vigilance, what would otherwise be an innocuous report today raises concerns of al Qaeda operatives impersonating UPS drivers.
"This could represent a serious threat as bogus drivers can drop off anything to anyone with deadly consequences," warns the e-mail. It added that two federal law enforcement agencies had verified the report as valid.
But the e-mail apparently is an unsubstantiated rumor or a hoax.
"It's not real," assures the security officer at an Internal Revenue Service branch office who sent it to other security offices. He says he issued a follow-up last Monday clarifying that the UPS scare wasn't factual.
Both agencies named in the e-mail as validating the story deny it and say the UPS tale is unfounded. But they add that intelligence and law enforcement agencies are taking "very seriously" any theft of military or law enforcement uniforms, and a couple of investigations are underway.
"We would be interested or concerned about any activity that could threaten security," says Harold Scott, spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
The FBI has debunked several similar UPS stories since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
UPS spokeswoman Susan Rosenberg in Atlanta says the e-mail has been "thoroughly investigated" by the FBI and local law enforcement. "It is the urban legend of missing uniforms," she says.
EBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove also says the UPS story "comes up empty."
Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the largest online auction site has barred sales listings of UPS or any other contemporary delivery service uniforms, including airline uniforms.
Rosenberg says UPS requires employees -- even peak-season and temporary workers -- to turn them in when they leave the company. The company has occasionally bought back UPS shirts, trousers and jackets that slip through the cracks and go on sale.
"We carefully guard our uniforms," she says, adding that, coincidentally, for the first time in 41 years, UPS is modernizing its UPS shield logo.
UPS also runs background checks on its delivery personnel. "There is no threat on buildings or people based on deliverers fraudulently wearing UPS uniforms," says Rosenberg.
Anyone suspicious of a UPS driver should ask for his or her UPS identification. "In this time of have heightened awareness," she says, "you can't be too careful."
posted on March 23, 2004 04:40:10 PM new
Be especially careful if they are licking stickers with blue stars and/or dying a child's hair in the mall restroom.
posted on March 23, 2004 04:48:25 PM new
And be very worried if you wake up in a bathtub full of ice.
When driving home, if you see a car without its lights on, do NOT flash your brights at it.
If you get in the elevator to go up to your 8th floor apartment, just ignore the very tall man giving commands to his Doberman, ok?
--
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posted on March 23, 2004 05:10:28 PM new
Actually, micmic66, it didn't pass the sniff test - but thanks for recirculating it. Helps a master of useless information stay current <smile>
posted on March 23, 2004 05:53:10 PM new
The only people who have any reason to fear a person in a UPS uniform are Ebay sellers who are shipping fragile items.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on March 23, 2004 07:35:51 PM new
Gousainc..I remember an incident when I was in the moving business. We needed to ship an item to a U.S. Forest Service employee in some remote area off the beaten path in Montana. We sent it UPS. The delivering UPS driver had worked out a deal with the school bus driver to deliver the one or two packages a week that he had to the compound where this person was stationed.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on March 23, 2004 08:39:25 PM new
Americans,,,,WE CAN DO......
1.Please !.BEFORE Bidding.
2.NPB's. No rights,Posting. BLOCKED by e bay.(they Ain't)Upon final filing NPB. Hoops.
3.Naru's. Goodbye after 3,DIFFERENT, Sellers, file NPB's. Negs do nothing. filing 4 PARTIAL fees DOES.
4.NEGATIVE feedback!!! Oops. Try giving Neg/Nuets. AGAIN in 3, BUSINESS days. And an e mail is sent to seller from e bay someone is attempting to give a less than positive.
5.E bay,Show bidders STATE during auction for those NON ers, NO SHIPPING! Seller in Calif. Bidder in N.Y.?? KILL Bid And BLOCKED!
If you agree WRITE e bay. If you don't ,one of these will surely bite you RIGHT in the,,,,,
posted on March 23, 2004 08:41:39 PM new
ooooooopppppps,,,,,Sorry for the sig,,,,I only wish to use that in,,,,,,,,,,CERTAIN sits....Iffin' it slips again,,,,now ya all know,,,,,
posted on March 23, 2004 08:50:23 PM new
I'd like to reprhase that,,,,,Universals,,,,WE CAN DO,,,,We can do whatever it takes to Try,,,,,,,,and change,,,,Try and Stop! Try and Alter, Try and,,,,,,,,,,,,however,,,,,the beat goes on,,,,,,,,and the beat goes on and the beat goes on ,,,,,,,,,,,,1960,,,,,,,,197,,,,whenever,,,,the beat went on,,,,,and the beat went on,,,,,,
posted on March 23, 2004 09:12:14 PM new
T o make this,,,,,,e bay related,,,,,,,57k possible e bayers and over 100,000 K wounded and their lives destroyed,,,,,Blinded,dismembered,,,,ripped apart,,legless,armless,,,,faceless,,,their dreams destroyed,,,kids,,,,,18,19,20,,,,and beyond,,,in years,,poof,,,,,,A V.A. ward for the REST OF THEIR LIVES,,,,,,,,WAR!!!!!!! What is Good for,,,,,Absoltutely NOTHIN'......Only GOOD for the UNDERtaker....
If you ain't pushing the Enemy back to their homeland,,,,,and destryoing their believes,,,,ya got nothing,,,,but a stalemate,,,,,and that,,,,,,will,,,,last till WE,,,,the U.S. comes HOME.........We can't change the Whole world......Vietnam,,,they are STILL there,,57k are at rest..and thousands of us are wrecked because of it,,,,North Korea is STILL there and Thousands of U.S. Boys lie in Graves and few even care to remember,,,I,,,,,,,,,Salute! Them ALL! Semper Fi....God Bless......You mighty fighters.....right, or wrong,,,,,but,,,,,,there must be a reason,,,,,a cause a right,an end of the road,,otherwise,,,,for what? 2 cents,,
!.BEFORE Bidding. 
. BLOCKED by e bay.(they Ain't)Upon final filing NPB. Hoops.
after 3,DIFFERENT, Sellers, file NPB's. Negs do nothing. filing 4 PARTIAL fees DOES.