- Email 'friend of a friend' rumor claims there may be terrorist attacks on malls on Halloween, Oct. 31, 2001 ...urbanlegends.about.com/library/blmall-terror.htm
- For Immediate Release October 15, 2001 Washington D.C. FBI National Press Office An anonymous internet electronic-mail (e-mail) message has been widely circulated pertaining to an Arab male who warned his wife not to fly on September 11, 2001 and not to go to any shopping mall on October 31, 2001. The e-mail further states that the Arab male disappeared prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks.www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/101501.htm