So i jus got this msg on bebo and thought it was really sick to use a great tragedy like 9/11 for a chain mail letter. this is it:
>>>>I'm 11 years old. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>My mommy worked on the 20th floor > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>in the World Trade Tower. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>On Sept. 11 2001 my daddy drove my mom to work. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>She was running late so she left her purse in the car. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>My daddy seen it so he parked the car and went > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>to give her the purse. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>That day after school my daddy didn't > > > >>come to pick me up. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>Instead a police man came and took me to foster care . > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>Finally I found out why my daddy never came.. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>I really loved him.... > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>They never found his body.. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>My mom is in the the Hospital since then.. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>She is losing lots of blood.. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>She needs to go through surgery.. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>But since my daddy is gone and no one is working.. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>We have no money .. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>And her surgery cost lots of money.. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>So the Red Cross said that.. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>for every time this email is fwd we > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>Will get 10 cent for my mom's surgery. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>So please have a heart and fwd this to everyone you know > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>I really miss my daddy > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>and now I don't > > > >>want to lose my mommy too.. * > ** > > *>>>>R.I.P. Daddy..(James Thomas) > > > * > Please foward this e-mail to as many ppl y0u know, each person > > you send it to, the red cross will donate 10 cents for mom's > operation!!!!!!!*
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
And you posted it here... why?
In case you don't know, you can click on the little edit icon and then check the Delete this Post box.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Ugh, couldn't you at least clean out the carets? LOL
Seriously, I absolutely hate these kind of chain mail messages, most especially since the people who tend to send them to me are the ones who just hit "forward" insead of copying and pasting, so I get pages of carets and hundreds of email addresses... and everyone else gets my address as well.
Although I'd hope that this long after 9/11, people wouldn't still be getting fooled by this particular angle.
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
There's a special hell reserved for the dumbos that keep that trash alive.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
true on the special hell part. I'll FWD messages, but will delete the addresses of those that have already been sent it. It's a method of security we used on the ship.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
That e-mail makes me depressed...that people are so stupid to actually forward on those things. I can imagine the conversation with Red Cross about the surgery - "Well, the surgery will cost alot of money, so instead of paying you the amount of money needed for the surgery we're going to make you play a miserable game where you have to get thousands of people to forward an e-mail so your mommy can survive. For some strange reason, it seems like a good idea." I wonder how many people actually believe that? I really hope it's zero.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Whenever somebody posts one of these things, I have to wonder who sent it to them.
--j_k
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I always wonder why somebody actually started a message like this. If there was no attachment for a trojan horse or other virus it's not like the person who made up this BS story is actually getting anything out of suckers forwarding it.
In a way, I respect the Nigerian-Bank/Inheritance scam emails more than this kind of drivel. I mean, at least those scammers are after your money.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by GaalDornick: That e-mail makes me depressed...that people are so stupid to actually forward on those things. I can imagine the conversation with Red Cross about the surgery - "Well, the surgery will cost alot of money, so instead of paying you the amount of money needed for the surgery we're going to make you play a miserable game where you have to get thousands of people to forward an e-mail so your mommy can survive. For some strange reason, it seems like a good idea." I wonder how many people actually believe that? I really hope it's zero.
You realize that there's absolutely no way to track how many times an email message has been forwarded, right?
Posted by CoriSCapnSkip (Member # 9153) on :
How about the sicko who'd put it in a kid's candy bag?
Another version of this particular email asks the recipient to send a copy back to a given email address so that "the Red Cross" can keep track of how many people have forwarded it.
That makes more technical sense if you believe the scam-- and shows that their actual intention was probably to net email addresses.
---j_k
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
"You realize that there's absolutely no way to track how many times an email message has been forwarded, right?"
I do, but I'd understand if people didn't know that. It doesn't take common sense to know that it's impossible, you just have to know the fact. The Red Cross part though just requires common sense to know it's not true. Very basic common sense.
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I wonder how many people actually believe that? I really hope it's zero.