Glade Plug in Hoax

Just received the following mail in which i had a fun time reading. I do not enjoy reading, and has never been thats why people don't see me studying during exams. I just enjoy deciphering them, well that depends on mood too. Message is as attached below and i'll share my 2 cents later.

Subject: FW: House Fires (IMPORTANT)
Dear Family and Friends:
Received from a friend who is in the property insurance business. It is well worth reading. This is one of those emails that if you didn't send it, rest assured someone on your list will suffer for not reading it.The original message was written by a lady whose brother and his wife learned a hard lesson this past week. Their house burned down.. nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance so the house will be replaced and most of the contents. That is the good news. However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He had the cause of the fire traced to the master
bathroom. He asked her sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer. He kept saying to her, "No, this would be something that would disintegrate at high temperatures". Then her sister-in-law remembered she had a Glade Plug-In , in the bathroom. The investigator had one of those "Aha" moments. He said that was the cause of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in type room fresheners than
anything else. He said the plastic they are made from is THIN plastic. He also said that in every case there was nothing left to prove that it even existed. When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there. Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light
built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a few hours later, and the light would be back on again.

The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back on. That is a warning sign. The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many places that have been burned down due to them.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOUSE, BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE


To me this is nothing but spam. Why? Firstly, there are no references which one could refer to should they need further clarifications. True, even when names and numbers are provided, it could be fake too. It is up to each individual to authenticate the given report.

Then, these sort of mail always start with i heard from a friend, or received from a friend... as good as info from 3 mushrooms 6 aunties. It is always news they heard from somewhere or plug from the air, as though they have ears as big as a satellite dish.

OK, someone got their house set on fire because of a Glade air freshener, or maybe this particular someone has something against this brand of air freshener or some competitors with the same nature of business but operates with different mode/technique who try to sabotage Glade or some other manufacturers which uses electricity to emit scent from their products?

If this is true there should be a proper report stating which part of the product is faulty and how will it present a risk to each household. Each products are run through a series of test by government bodies (SIRIM, Malaysia. Safety Standard, Singapore) to certify the product safe for consumer usage before it is out in the market. If Glade plug in is such a fire hazard, you wouldn't be seeing them in shelves of departmental stores in the first place.

TGGIF - Thank God Google Is Free
A search through the internet with keywords like "Glade Plug in" and the truth can be found again and again and again.

These mails uses the element of fright, which is the same as any unscrupulous insurance agent who doesn't bother if you have got enough bread to munch the next day as long as your signature is at the bottom of the papers.