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Re: American Cancer Society - a final wish -Fraud
At 05:33 PM 8/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>Tim Welty/Southwest Radiation Calibration Center/Fayetteville, Arkansas
>Phone: 501-575-6309/FAX: -7318/E-mail:tjw@engr.uark.edu
>WWW: web.engr.uark.edu/engr/enrc/srcc.html 17/06/97
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>The below mail has been approved by Motorola Snr. Mangt.
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>From: Frank-C10678 Rainer on Thu, Jul 17, 1997 12:51 pm
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>PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE AND FORWARD TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS
>POSSIBLE. THIS IS APPROVED BY MOTOROLA. THIS IS NOT JUNK MAIL!!
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>subject: American Cancer Soc. - a final wish
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>No comedy here. It's about a seven year old girl with cancer.
>Read it and pass it on to as many people that you can. Occasionally we
>get to use this medium for some actual good, rather than trading barbs
>across the waves. And once in a while things like this bring us back
>to reality, allowing us to count ourselves lucky in life. Let's put
>our network to work here! It will only take you a second to send this
>message.
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>JESSICA MYDEK IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND IS SUFFERING FROM AN ACUTE AND
>VERY RARE CASE OF CEREBRAL CARCINOMA. THIS CONDITION CAUSES SEVERE
>MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS AND IS A TERMINAL ILLNESS. THE DOCTORS HAVE
>GIVEN HER SIX MONTHS TO LIVE. AS PART OF HER DYING WISH, SHE WANTED
>TO START A CHAIN LETTER TO INFORM PEOPLE OF THIS CONDITION AND TO SEND
>PEOPLE THE MESSAGE TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND ENJOY EVERY MOMENT
>A CHANCE THAT SHE WILL NEVER HAVE. FURTHERMORE, THE AMERICAN CANCER
>SOCIETY AND SEVERAL CORPORATE SPONSORS HAVE AGREED TO DONATE THREE
>CENTS TOWARD CONTINUING CANCER RESEARCH FOR EVERY NEW PERSON THAT
>GETS FORWARDED THIS MESSAGE PLEASE GIVE JESSICA AND ALL CANCER VICTIMS
>A CHANCE. .....ADD ACS@AOL.COM TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT YOU SEND
>THIS TO SO THAT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY WILL BE ABLE TO CALCULATE
>HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THIS......
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>IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS,SEND THEM TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AT
>ACS@AOL.COM Three cents for every person that receives this letter
>turns out to be a lot of money considering how many people will get
>this letter and how many people they, in turn, pass it on to. Please
>go ahead and forward it to whoever you know- it really doesn't take
>much to help out.
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>Holly H. Cox
>University of Utah
>Electrical Engineering Department
>50 S. Campus Center Drive, Room 3280
>Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206
>Tel. 801-581-3843
>Fax 801-581-5281
>e-mail: cox@ee.utah.edu
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I am sorry to burst everyone's bubble with respect to answering
a girl's dying wish, but the below information came directly from
the California American Cancer Society Web Site. While the thoughts
that are expressed are good, if we proliferate the message, we do
so against the wishes of the ACS.
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Fraudulent Chain Letter
This statement may be copied or reprinted by online users
The American Cancer Society is greatly disturbed by
reports of a fraudulent chain letter circulating on the
internet which lists the American Cancer Society as a "corporate
sponsor" but which has in no way been endorsed by the American
Cancer Society. This letter appears to have started on America
Online but has now spread well beyond the online service. There
are several variations of this letter in circulation,
including one which has a picture of "Tickle Me Elmo" and one
that is essentially a paraphrase of the letter below.
The text of the original message reads as follows:
LITTLE JESSICA MYDEK IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND IS SUFFERING
FROM AN ACUTE AND VERY RARE CASE OF CEREBRAL
CARCINOMA. THIS CONDITION CAUSES SEVERE MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS
AND IS A TERMINAL ILLNESS. THE DOCTORS HAVE
GIVEN HER SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.
AS PART OF HER DYING WISH, SHE WANTED TO START A CHAIN LETTER
TO INFORM PEOPLE OF THIS CONDITION AND TO SEND
PEOPLE THE MESSAGE TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND ENJOY EVERY
MOMENT, A CHANCE THAT SHE WILL NEVER HAVE.
FURTHERMORE, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND SEVERAL
CORPORATE SPONSORS HAVE AGREED TO DONATE THREE
CENTS TOWARD CONTINUING CANCER RESEARCH FOR EVERY NEW PERSON
THAT GETS FORWARDED THIS MESSAGE. PLEASE
GIVE JESSICA AND ALL CANCER VICTIMS A CHANCE.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, SEND THEM TO THE AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY AT ACS@AOL.COM
As far as the American Cancer Society can determine, the story of
Jessica Mydek is completely unsubstantiated. No fundraising efforts are
being made by the American Cancer Society using chain letters of any kind.
Furthermore, the email address ACS@AOL.COM is inactive.
Any messages to the American Cancer Society should be instead sent through
the American Cancer Society website at
http://www.cancer.org.
This particular chain letter with its heartbreaking story appears to have
struck an emotional chord with online users. Although we are very
concerned that the American Cancer Society's name has been used to manipulate
the online public, we applaud the good intentions of all
who participated in this letter. We are pleased to note that there are so
many caring individuals out there and hope that they will find another
way to support cancer research. Jessica Mydek's story, whether true or false,
is representative of that of many cancer patients who benefit
daily from the efforts of legitimate cancer organizations nationwide.