Luck chain letter. Death-Lottery type. "St. Jude It Works." Love - Car. "Expect a Miracle."  US, 1996.

                WITH LOVE ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

   THIS LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU FOR GOOD LUCK. THE ORIGINAL LUCK WAS STARTED 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 4 DAYS OF RECEIVING THIS LETTER. PROVIDING YOU IN TURN SEND IT ON. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. YOU WILL RECEIVE GOOD LUCK IN THE MAIL. SEND NO MONEY. SEND COPIES TO PEOPLE YOU THINK NEEDS GOOD LUCK. DON'T SEND MONEY AS FATE HAS NO PRICE. DO NOT KEEP THIS LETTER. IT MUST LEAVE YOUR HANDS WITHIN 96 HOURS. AN AAF OFFICER RECEIVED $470,000. JOE ELLIOT RECEIVED $ 40,000 AND THEN LOST IT BECAUSE HE FAILED TO CIRCULATE IT. WHEN HE DID SEND THE LETTER HE RECEIVED $ 7,775,000. PLEASE SEND 20 COPIES AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF FOUR DAYS. THE CHAIN COMES FROM VENEZUELA AND WAS WRITTEN BY SAUL ANTHONY DE COUN, A MISSIONARY FROM SOUTH AFRICA. SINCE THE COPIES MUST TOUR THE WORLD. YOU MUST MAKE 20 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: CONTANTINA DIRA RECEIVED THE CHAIN IN 1963. HE ASKED HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE 20 COPIES AND SEND THEM OUT. A FEW DAYS ALTER HE WON THE LOTTERY OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS. CARLO DADDIT, AN OFFICE EMPLOYEE, RECEIVED THE LETTER AND FORGOT IT HAD TO LEAVE HIS HANDS WITHIN 96 HOURS. HE LOST HIS JOB. LATER FINDING THE LETTER AGAIN, HE MAILED OUT 20 COPIES. A FEW DAYS LATER HE GOT A BETTER JOB. DAVID FAIRCHID RECEIVED THE LETTER, AND NOT BELIEVING, THREW IT AWAY NINE DAYS LATER HE DIED. IN 1987, THE LETTER RECEIVED BY A YOUNG WOMAN IN CALIFORNIA WAS FADED AND BARELY READABLE. SHE PROMISED HERSELF 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 SEND NO MONEY, AND DO NOT IGNORE THIS LETTER.

                        EXPECT A MIRACLE

GOD BLESS YOU                                  ST JUDE IT WORKS

Photocopy  of word processor original (fully justified caps). Copy blackened and horizontally streaked, barely legible at bottom. Left in junior high school staff mail box in Simi Valley, Calif. on Jan 31, 1996. Paragraphs preserved.  Supplied by Maggie Wells to D. VanArsdale.

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