On September 16, on [log in to unmask], Mary Schweitzer said: >>Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but a subscriber has >>just sent a chain letter to several members (including me) offlist >>saying that if you keep sending the chain letter the American Cancer >>Society will donate 3 cents per person to some account for helping >>some poor fellow get chemo. The trick is that you have to include >>a particular address every time you send it. >> >>My instincts say: this is a hoax designed to "get" whoever it is >>on the receiving end of that same address over and over again. >> >>I vaguely recall hearing about something like this -- does anybody >>know? I would like to stop the damage before it gets worse. It's a hoax. This is a statement from the American Cancer Society that appears on their web site <http://www.cancer.org/chain.html> -Debbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No flames were thrown in the creation of this email message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] : May your sword always be within Systems Administrator : reach and may your Foe's skill GTE Government Systems, Needham, MA : and luck be less than your own. --