Variant #4: 2001 Halloween Terror Attacks on Malls
Netlore Archive: Friend-of-a-friend rumor circulating via forwarded email claims there may be terrorist attacks on malls on Halloween, Oct. 31, 2001.
Description: Email rumor
Circulating since: Oct. 2001
Status: False
Analysis: See main page
Example:
Email text contributed by Nac, Oct. 10, 2001:
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Everybody: I am sending this email to everyone that I have on my email list and I hope that you all pass it along because it is urgent and is not a joke. Five minutes ago sitting here in my office at work one my employees came in and said she had something important to tell me. She told me about her friend that lives right here in Baltimore with us - I won't share names. She told me that her friend that works in a hospital down here was dating a muslim that was from afganistan. Suddenly he broke up with her in August and told her they couldn't be together anymore due to some certain circumstances. He wrote her a letter and made her promise him that she would not fly any planes on September 11th and that she wouldn't go to any malls on October 31st. Now we all see what happened on the 11th of September. At first I was wondering is this true or is this girl just coming in here pulling my leg because I new to Baltimore and she thinks that I will fall for anything. After she left I decided to email everyone because JUST IN CASE THIS IS REAL. I want all of my family and friends to be safe. Her friend has been to the local Baltimore City police department and also to the FBI and they can not put a warrant out for her exboyfriend because no one can find him. They say they can not make this information public because they do not know if it's a joke or not. Now is not the time to play. I advise all of you that get this email to be mindful that if this is not real God is. And the safest place in the whole wide world is in the will of God. With the reportings of anthrax in Florida and now coming up here in Virgina, things are getting a bit to close to me. This girl lives right here in Baltimore and her boyfriend lived here too. It is so crazy how you don't know who your enemy is. If you don't know who you can trust- know that you can trust in the Lord. I don't know what malls are being targeted or what is going to happen at the malls. But we all know that since the parents get worried about walking down the street to trick or treat with their children they do it in the mall. So on Holloween the malls will be packed with children. This girl is trying to put this message out there before the 31st comes since the FBI and the police will not help her. I asked if she thought her exboyfriend would come after her for telling everyone, and apparently she doesn't care - and she feels like me better to be safe than sorry!! I figured that I would put this email out there to be on the safe side. All that know me knows that I don't fall for anything, and I don't pass on chain letters or keep any of that foolishness going through my email. So if you believe it let people know. I am pretty sure this wont be the only email that you get as this girl continues to get the word out in any way possible. The only other reason why I am sending it out is because of the person who told me. If she told me a friend of a friend of a friend told her this it wouldnt be so easy for me to believe. I miss you all back home and I wish I could come up to see you guys in New York, I plan to come up soon, but until then be safe. Now during these times, I say the famous church ending prayer more often when I think of you guys back home. May the Lord watch, love you all, Lillian |

