>Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 00:18:06 -0400
>From: Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Slow Down
>
>This was forwarded by Michel, with the best of intentions--but please do
>not send it on! It is a hoax.
>I include an excerpt from the website that tracks this stuff :
>
>    http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/bljess.htm
>
>>A lot of people who have redistributed the dying kid hoax letter have
>>asked "who could it hurt?" The answer is the American Cancer Society
>>who now is forced to redirect a significant part of its time and
>>resources to combating this hoax. Considering the damage that this
>>hoax is causing the American Cancer Society, if you receive the dying
>>kid hoax letter from one of your friends, it would be a good idea if
>>you talked that friend into making a public retraction AS
>>QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>
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>Sender:       "Caregivers Are Really Essential (CARE)"
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>Poster:       Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Slow Down
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rod Kirkendall [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 1:18 PM
>To: Strt
>Subject: Slow DOWN
>Importance: High
>Sensitivity: Personal
>
>
>Ever told your child,
>We'll do it tomorrow
>And in your haste,
>not see his sorrow?
>Ever lost touch,
>Let a good friendship die
>'Cause you never had time
>to call and say "Hi"?
>SNIPPED
>
>PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. ALL FORWARDED EMAILS ARE
>TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
>
>Dear All,
>
>I just received this mail from a friend of mine in my college. Please
>respond to it. It will just mean employing a little bit of time and
>won't
>cost you a
>penny. All it needs is the heart for you to send this mail. PLEASE pass
>this
>mail on to everybody you know. It is the request of a little girl who
>will
>soon leave this world as she has been a victim of the terrible disease
>called CANCER.
>
>SNIPPED
>
>