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UPS Terrorism Hoax Fools LAPD and U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 837188" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><a href="http://sierramadre.patch.com/articles/ups-terrorism-hoax-fools-lapd-and-us-department-of-homeland-security" target="_blank">UPS Terrorism Hoax Fools LAPD and U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Patch</a></strong></p><p></p><p>By its own admission, the LAPD has been caught with its pants down—the nation’s third-largest municipal police force has fallen victim to a hoax.</p><p></p><p>On Apr. 29, the LAPD sent out an alert to the public to beware of the possibility of phony UPS drivers showing up at people’s doors. “There has been a huge purchase, $32,000 worth, of United Parcel Service (UPS) uniforms on eBay over the last 30 days,” the alert said, adding: “This could represent a serious threat as bogus drivers (terrorists) can drop off anything to anyone with deadly consequences!"</p><p></p><p>“We basically put out false information and we realized within an hour that it was a hoax,” Valadez said, adding: “But this thing [the alert] spread its wings and went out across the country—we’ve been getting calls and emails ever since.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 837188, member: 1"] [B][URL="http://sierramadre.patch.com/articles/ups-terrorism-hoax-fools-lapd-and-us-department-of-homeland-security"]UPS Terrorism Hoax Fools LAPD and U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Patch[/URL][/B] By its own admission, the LAPD has been caught with its pants down—the nation’s third-largest municipal police force has fallen victim to a hoax. On Apr. 29, the LAPD sent out an alert to the public to beware of the possibility of phony UPS drivers showing up at people’s doors. “There has been a huge purchase, $32,000 worth, of United Parcel Service (UPS) uniforms on eBay over the last 30 days,” the alert said, adding: “This could represent a serious threat as bogus drivers (terrorists) can drop off anything to anyone with deadly consequences!" “We basically put out false information and we realized within an hour that it was a hoax,” Valadez said, adding: “But this thing [the alert] spread its wings and went out across the country—we’ve been getting calls and emails ever since.” [/QUOTE]
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