On 12 Jun 98,, Koen van Hees wrote:
> i'm not sure this kind of message is allowed: reprimand me if this is
> against the rules, but it looks genuine, and i cannot imagine any sort of
> malice concerning this mail
Regrettably, this and many chain letters like it is a hoax pure and simple. Known
generically as the "Little Girl Dying" hoax, it is documented at the CIAC's Advisory
Site:
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html#girldying
While there may be no malice per se motivating such chains, they do result in a lot
of harmful consequences. From the CIAC site:
"If each of the so-called good Samaritans sends the letter on to only ten other
people (most send to huge mailing lists), the ninth resending results in a billion e-
mail messages, thereby clogging the network and interfering with the receiving of
legitimate e-mail messages. Factor in the time lost reading and deleting all these
messages and you see a real cost to organizations and individuals from these
seemingly innocuous messages. Not only are these messages time-consuming and
costly, they may also be damaging to a person's or organization's reputation as in
the case of the Jessica Mydek and the American Cancer Society chain letters.
They are also illegal (See the US Postal Inspection Service information on chain
letters) if they ask for money or anything else of value."
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If anyone on the list ever receives a chain letter of any sort, you'll be doing the
online world a favour if you immediately respond to the sender advising him he's
been duped, and to cease and desist. These damn things waste huge amounts of
time, money and goodwill.
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Brent Eades, Almonte, Ontario
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Town of Almonte: http://www.almonte.com/
Business Web site: http://www.almonte.com/brent/
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