Luck chain letter. Death-Lottery type. "St. Jude It Works." Love title. US, 1992.

             WITH LOVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

THIS PAPER HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU FOR GOOD LUCK.  THE ORIGINAL
IS IN NEW ENGLAND.  IT HAS BEEN AROUND THE WORLD NINE TIMES.
THE LUCK HAS NOW BEEN SENT TO YOU.  YOU WILL RECEIVE GOOD
LUCK WITHIN FOUR DAYS OF RECEIVING THIS LETTER PROVIDED YOU
IN TURN SENT IT ON.
THIS IS NO JOKE.  YOU WILL RECEIVE GOOD LUCK IN THE MAIL.
SEND NO MONEY AS FATE HAS NO PRICE.  DO NOT KEEP THIS LETTER
IT MUST LEAVE YOUR HANDS WITHIN 96 HOURS.
A.R.A.D OFFICER RECEIVED $470,000.  JOE ELLIOT RECEIVED
$40,000 AND LOST IT BECAUSE HE BROKE THE CHAIN.  WHILE IN
THE PHILLIPINES GENE WELCH LOST HIS WIFE 51 DAYS AFTER
RECEIVING THE LETTER.  HE HAD FAILED TO CIRCULATE THE
LETTER.  HOWEVER, BEFORE HER DEATH HE RECEIVED $7,755.
PLEASE SEND TWENTY COPIES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN FOUR DAYS.
THE CHAIN COMES FROM VENEZUELA AND WAS WRITTEN BY SAUL
ANTHONY DEGROUP, A MISSIONARY FROM SOUTH AFRICA.  SINCE THE
COPY MUST TOUR THE WORLD YOU MUST MAKE TWENTY COPIES AND
SEND THEM TO FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES.  AFTER A FEW DAYS YOU
WILL GET A SURPRISE.  THIS IS TRUE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT
SUPERSTITIOUS.
DO NOTE THE FOLLOWING.  CONSTANTINE HAD RECEIVED THE CHAIN
IN 1963.  HE ASKED HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE TWENTY COPIES AND
SEND THEM OUT.  A FEW DAYS LATER HE WON A LOTTERY OF TWO
MILLION DOLLARS.  CAROL DADITT, AN OFFICE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED
THE LETTER AND FORGOT IT HAD TO LEAVE HER HANDS WITHIN 96
HOURS.  SHE LOST HER JOB.  LATER AFTER FINDING THE LETTER
AGAIN, SHE MAILED TWENTY COPIES.  A FEW DAYS LATER SHE GOT A
BETTER JOB.  DALAN FAIRCHILD RECEIVED THE LETTER AND NOT
BELEIVING THREW THE LETTER AWAY.  NINE DAYS LATER HE DIED.
IN 1987 THE LETTER RECEIVED BY A YOUNG WOMAN IN CALIFORNIA
WAS VERY PALED AND BARELY READABLE.  SHE PROMISED HERSELF
THAT SHE WOULD RETYPE THE LETTER AND SEND IT ON BUT SHE PUT
IT ASIDE TO DO LATER.  SHE WAS PLAGUED WITH VARIOUS PROBLEMS
INCLUDING EXPENSIVE CAR REPAIRS.  THE LETTER DID NOT LEAVE
HER HANDS IN 96 HOURS.  SHE FINALLY TYPED THE LETTER AS
PROMISED AND GOT A NEW CAR.
REMEMBER IT REALLY WORKS.  DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY.
                     ST. JUDE IT WORKS! 


Photocopy of typed original. At end: "AY" changed to "ANY" with a pen insertion. Keystrokes preserved. Received by VanArsdale on April 11, 1992 in Port Hueneme, Calif.

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