The following notice has been widely disseminated in New Zealand in the last day or so. The hoax part appears to be the sterilising drug progestorex - which does not seem to exist. Apart from that, the notice seems to have many of the characteristics of e-mail hoaxes.
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From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) [mailto:Regina.Sheck@police.govt.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 5:16 p.m.
Forward on to all your contacts for their information and to look out for
each other when socialising!!
A BIT OF INFO RE DATE RAPE DRUGS
---------------------- Forwarded by Elette Painter/POLICE/NZ on 04/10/2004
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To: Elette Painter/POLICE/NZ@NZPOLICE
cc:
Subject: Important reading for females and husbands/boyfriends/partners
of - DATE RAPE DRUGS
A woman at a nightclub on Saturday night was taken by 5 men, who according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping
her . Unable to remember the events of the evening, tests later confirmed the repeat rapes along with traces of rohypnol in her blood,
Progesterex,that is an essentially a small sterilization pill.
The drug is now being used by rapists at parties to rape AND sterilize their victims. Progesterex is available to vets to sterilize large animals. Rumour has it that the Progesterex is being used together with Rohypnol, the date rape drug. As with Rohypnol, all they have to do is drop it into the girl's drink. The girl can't remember a thing the next
morning, of all that had taken place the night before.
Progesterex, which dissolves in drinks just as easily, is such that the victim doesn't conceive from the rape and the rapist needn't worry about having a paternity test identifying him months later. The drug's effects ARE NOT TEMPORARY - They are P*E*R*M*A*N*E*N*T
Progesterex was designed to sterilize horses. Any female who takes it WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONCEIVE. The weasels can get this drug from
anyone who is in the vet school or any university. It's that easy, and Progesterex is about to break out big on campuses everywhere. Believe
it or not, there are even sites on the Internet telling people how to use it.
Please forward this to everyone you know, especially girls. Be careful when you're out and don't leave your drink unattended.
Please make the effort to forward this on to all you know... Guys, please inform all your female friends and relatives.
Lisa Howard-Smith
Coordinator
WADCOSS
Ph 09 8387903
Ra Tautuhi
Community Learning Call Centre Advisor
Department of Business Administration Services
Manukau Institute of Technology
Newbury Street, Otara
Private Bag 94006
MANUKAU CITY 1730