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1) The document provides guidance on what to do if you receive a suspicious letter or package. 2) It advises to handle the item carefully, isolate it, and look for indicators like restrictive markings, excessive postage, or strange odors without shaking, opening, smelling or tasting it. 3) If the item is threatening or a hazard is identified, the document instructs to evacuate the area and call 911, the police or local FBI office depending on if it may contain a bomb, radiological material, or biological/chemical agents.

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1) The document provides guidance on what to do if you receive a suspicious letter or package. 2) It advises to handle the item carefully, isolate it, and look for indicators like restrictive markings, excessive postage, or strange odors without shaking, opening, smelling or tasting it. 3) If the item is threatening or a hazard is identified, the document instructs to evacuate the area and call 911, the police or local FBI office depending on if it may contain a bomb, radiological material, or biological/chemical agents.

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FBI Advisory

If you receive a suspicious


No Return Address
Restrictive Markings
Possibly
Mailed from a
Foreign Country
Excessive Postage

letter or package

What should you do?


Handle with care Misspelled Words

1 Don’t shake or bump


Addressed to Title Only
or Incorrect Title
Badly typed or written

Isolate and look Protruding Wires


2 for indicators Lopsided or Uneven

Don’t Open, Smell Rigid or Bulky


3 or Taste Strange Odor

Treat it as Suspect!
4 Call 911 Oily Stains,
Discolorations,
Wrong Title with Name

or Crystalization on Wrapper

Excessive Tape or String

If parcel is open and/or a threat is identified. . .


For a Bomb For Radiological For Biological or Chemical
Evacuate Immediately Limit Exposure - Don’t Handle Isolate - Don’t Handle
Call 911 (Police) Distance (Evacuate area) Call 911 (Police)
Contact local FBI Shield yourself from object Wash your hands with soap and warm water
Call 911 (Police) Contact local FBI
Contact local FBI

Police Department

Fire Department

Local FBI Office


(Ask for the Duty Agent, Special Agent Bomb Technician, or Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator)

GENERAL INFORMATION BULLETIN 2000-3


Produced by: Bomb Data Center
Weapons of Mass Destruction Operations Unit

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