..delete all horrible e-mails like this:
Subject: Fwd: IF YOU DELETE THIS U 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 DAUGHTER'S NAME IS
RACHEL, AND SHE IS 10 YEARS OLD.
NOT LONG AGO DID THE DOCTORS DETECT
BRAIN CANCER 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 THAT OPENS THIS EMAIL AND SENDS IT TO AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE WILL GIVE US 32 CENTS.
PLEASE HELP US.
GEORGE ARLINGTON.
I mean, I feel bad enough when I can't help every poor soul out there but these e-mails just keep getting more and more ridiculous. Especially when you realise that the e-mails and requests are all fakes and just concocted by some mindless drivel who has nothing else better to do with their day. Read here to see how this e-mail was debunked and here to read Urban Legend vs. Spam to see why I care so much.
Also, this is St. Baldricks, a real story from a real person on the Island who is really going to shave her head for her daughter and really get donations. (I know I used a lot of reallys in that sentence but I want to make sure to drive home the point between real stories and unreal fascinations by bored computer geeks!)
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