Tue, 16 Sep 1997 12:43:22 EDT
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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.
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>>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.
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>>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
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