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Re: THIS IS A HOAX: <--{-_-} A Girls Life is At RiSk {-_-}-->
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Gilles Frydman <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Aug 1997 02:39:26 -0600
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At 08:09 PM 8/20/97 -0400, Jim Lyles wrote:
>Regarding this poignant message:
>
>> o.k. you guys..... this isn't a chain letter, but a choice for all of
>> us to save a little girl that's dieing of a serious and fatal form of
>> cancer...
>
>I hate to be a kill-joy, but this is a hoax and nothing more.  It is
>dressed up a little differently, but it is just another variation on
>the theme first made famous by the "Good Times" virus hoax.

This is in fact a very old hoax. It seems to have been revived one more
time during the month of August.
I got 3 different versions of it, just today.
Are we finally ready to set AOL on filter????

Gilles Frydman

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