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Leukaemiachainletter

Fact-check by SophosPublished 1 min read

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What the fact-checkers found

This chain letter is being forwarded around the internet. The email claims it is being tracked by AOL and that number of times it is being forwarded is being counted. This is, of course, untrue.

Here is the text of the chain letter:

Subject: Leukaemia - Please read then Forward

If you delete this you seriously don't have a heart.

Hi, I am a 29 year old father. Me and my wife have had a wonderful life together. God blessed us with a child too. Our daughters name is Rachel, and she is 10 years old. Not long ago the doctors detected brain cancer and in her little body. There is only one way to save her...an operation. Sadly, we don't have enough money to pay the price. AOL and ZDNET have agreed to help us. The only way they can help us is this way, I send this email to you and you send it to other people. AOL will track this email and count how many people get it. Every person who opens this email and sends it to at least 3 people will give us 32 cents.

Please help us.

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