Burundanga and Co. are nothing more than an old chain letter.
And chain letters have an unpleasant feature: they simply become more and more widespread, even if their content is complete nonsense. This warning about the business card and the drug Burundanga, which has stubbornly persisted on the internet and on messengers for years.
According to the chain letter, criminals allegedly poisoned a woman with drugs through a business card so that they could rape the victim. The text is a long message with the addresses of various police stations at the end. It can be found on Facebook in the form of status messages, it is used in Facebook Messenger or it appears on WhatsApp:

We have known about this chain letter, which is currently appearing again, for years and will therefore repeat its story here.
An old chain letter
This warning was sent as an email back in 2009.
A few passages have changed a little over the years, but the core of the chain letter holds up well:
Even the Swiss police reported on the fake and officially announced that it was false news:
March 27, 2009: The drug-soaked business card doesn't exist
Basel. The police are warning about emails that are currently circulating. They contain a so-called “urban legend”. – SiD BS/PN
Recently, emails have been circulating warning that someone has received a business card from an unknown person shortly before getting into their vehicle.
This business card would be soaked in an anesthetic liquid, so that the driver would soon have to stop and briefly lose consciousness. During this time, the driver is then robbed or – if the victim is a female – raped. It is a so-called urban legend that has since arrived as a chain mail from England and has now been translated into German and is now being spread further.
The anesthetic drug has the fantasy name “Burundanga”, a substance that no more exists than the case itself. Such urban legends crop up again and again at regular intervals, be it the spider in the yucca palm or the dead swimmer in the forest fire area was picked up by a firefighting aircraft.
People who receive such emails should delete them and under no circumstances distribute them, even if this is sometimes requested by the sender.
Result:
This chain letter has been circulating on the Internet for a very, very long time and is still being shared.
Nevertheless, the message only contains a false report that you don't need and shouldn't believe! Even the police said it was fake.
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