Luck chain letter. Death-Lottery type. Early It works postscript. US, 1979.

Luck chain letter. Death-Lottery type. Early "It works" postscript. US, 1979.

"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL GOOD FAITH AND HE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE AND HE WILL LIGHT
THE WAY." THIS PRAYER HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU FOR GOOD LUCK. THE ORIGINAL COPY IS
FROM THE NETHERLANDS. IT HAS BEEN AROUND THE WORLD 9 TIMES. THE LUCK HAS NOW BEEN
BROUGHT TO YOU. YOU WILL RECEIVE GOOD LUCK WITHIN 4 DAYS OF RECEIVING THIS LETTER.
PROVIDED YOU IN TURN SEND IT BACK OUT. THIS IS NO JOKE.YOU WILL RECEIVE IT IN THE
MAIL. SEND COPIES OF THIS LETTER TO PEOPLE YOU THINK NEED GOOD LUCK. DO NOT SEND
MONEY, FOR FATE HAS NO PRICE ON IT. DO NOT KEEP THIS LETTER. IT MUST LEAVE YOUR
HANDS WITHIN 96 HOURS AFTER YOU RECEIVE IT. AN R.A.F. OFFICER RECEIVED $70,000.00.
JOE ELLIOTT RECEIVED $450,000.00 AND LOST IT BECAUSE HE BROKE THE CHAIN. WHILE IN
THE PHILLIPINES GENERAL WELCH LOST HIS WIFE SIX DAYS AFTER HE RECEIVED THE LETTER.
HE FAILED TO CIRCULATE THE PRAYER. HOWEVER, BEFORE HIS DEATH HE RECEIVED $775,000.00.
PLEASE SEND 20 COPIES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU ON THE 4TH DAY. THIS CHAIN COMES
FROM VENEZUELA AND WAS WRITTEN BY SAUL ANTHONY de CROIL, A MISSIONARY FROM SOUTH
AMERICA. I MYSELF FORWARD IT TO YOU. SINCE THE CHAIN MUST MAKE THE TOUR OF THE WORLD,
YOU MUST MAKE 20 COPIES IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE. SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS, PARENTS OR
ASSOCIATES. AFTER A FEW DAYS YOU WILL GET A SURPRISE. THIS IS TRUE EVEN IF YOU ARE
NOT SUPERSTITIOUS. TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING: CONSTANTINE DIAS RECEIVED THE CHAIN
IN 1953. HE ASKED HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE 20 COPIES AND SEND THEM. A FEW DAYS LATER,HE
WON A LOTTERY FOR $2,000,000.00 IN HIS COUNTRY. CARLO DEDITT, AN OFFICE EMPLOYEE,
RECEIVED HIS CHAIN,HE FORGOT IT AND A FEW DAYS LATER LOST HIS JOB. HE FOUND THE CHAIN
LETTER AND SENT IT TO 20 PEOPLE. FIVE DAYS LATER HE GOT AN EVEN BETTER JOB. DELON
FAIRCHILD RECEIVED THE CHAIN AND NOT BELIEVING IN IT, THREW IT AWAY. NINE DAYS LATER,
HE DIED. FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER SHOULD THIS CHAIN BE BROKEN. REMEMBER, SEND NO MONEY.
PLEASE DO NOT IGNOR THIS. IT WORKS.

Photocopy of typed original (all caps except "ANTHONY de CROIL" ). Keystrokes preserved. Sent to VanArsdale by Mary Sage, June 11, 1979, from Los Angeles. Personal note included: "Interestingly enough, I received in the same mail as the chain letter, a letter from my mother saying I didn't have to pay back the $500 I had borrowed. A little bit of magic I would say."

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