forwarding emails

[sair5412]

I keep receiving emails telling me that for every person i forward the email to, a dying child will receive 3 cents. They are always titled "if you don't forward this email you don't have a heart." I certainly do have a heart and i have a child of my own so if i can help to save a child's life simply by forwarding an email, then i will! I just wondered if anybody know's if there is any truth in these emails? I don't see how it earns 3 cents when it is forwarded?

( I would have posted this in internet and technology section but ithas gone!!!)
Thanks, : )

[Octavius]

Delete it. Forget it.
Its just chain mail in electronic format. You should try and keep from sending items that would clog up someone else's mailbox or pollute their thoughts and ask the people that send it to you to do the same.

http://www.breakthechain.org/kd.html

[sair5412]

Thanks for that Octavious. I do always feel terribly guilty if I don't forward them I won't now. The other ones I receive are about putting your "signature" on a list along with thousands of others and you mustn't break the chain as it has been passed round the world 3 times and will help someone's family who was killed by a drunk driver or something? I always sign them but it takes me ages to work out how (techno phobe).

[Keeprockin]

When you get mail that would seem rubbish,check it on
http://snopes.com/ Usually up to date on all scams/Spams and suchlike

[Keeprockin]

This is just one example http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/beerman. asp
Lots more and explanation why they can't work..

[Scotman84]

Just looked in on this question to confirm what I thought and once again AB has proved its worth by subission of a useful link which I've bookmarked. Thanks Keeprockin.

[smurfchops]

Can someone tell me how the people who start the chains, can benefit if we forward chain letters to our friends and colleagues? They aren't all asking for money.

[milly143]

You should ask yourself how on earth they would know who has forwarded it or to how many people and where the 3 cents per person is actually coming from.

[simsfreq]

There is absolutely no way they can get money from these. Chain mail emails are emotional blackmail and you shouldn't feel guilty about deleting them, they are a load of rubbish!

(PS, the internet and technology section still exists under "Technology" now since they changed to all the sub-sections.)

[WendyS]

These emails are almost certainly a hoax. There is an excellent website called Hoaxslayer which details many of these hoaxes and scams. You can also sign up, once on the site, to receive free email updates of all the current scams doings the rounds.