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Forwarded
Emails Will Pay For The Heart Surgery of a Boy in Buenos Aires
-Fiction!
Summary of
eRumor A
little boy named Brian in Buenos Aires has a failing heart muscle.
An Internet service provider has offered to pay one cent per email that is
forwarded with the subject "SOLIDARIDAD CON>>>BRIAN" to
pay for Brian's surgery.
The
Truth Whether
there is a little boy named Brian who needs surgery, we have not been able
to confirm, but this email will not help him. There is no way to
track the forwarded emails. This email is lacking
the kind of information that would allow anyone to validate it. We don't know
the boy's city, hospital, last name, or the name of the alleged Internet
service provider.
A real example of the story as it has
been circulated:
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 7:29 PM
Subject: SOLIDARIDAD CON BRIAN
Just sent you an email concerning a little boy that is in Hospital in
Buenos Aires. He suffers from failure to his heart muscle, and will die
without a very expensive operation (i.e. a transplantation).
The internet provider ISP has offered to sponsor: They pay 0.01 US dollars per email
that is sent for this purpose, having the subject name: SOLIDARIDAD CON > >> BRIAN.
Next to the boys bed in hospital is a notebook with a modem that counts the emails.
In total 11.5 million emails are needed to cover the total costs for his operation. So, help Brian, and copy and send this
email to all the people you know, but be sure the subject is SOLIDARIDAD > >> CON BRIAN.
Only then the ISP can recognise it. It will take only two minutes, and you will help him!
