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By David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends since 1997

The Ola Kuczma Hoax

Tuesday October 18, 2005
Can you help defray the medical costs of 14-month-old burn victim Ola Kuczma by forwarding an email?  No. Sadly, Ola's story is true — she was very badly burned when her family's house burned down in June 2005 — but the chain letter circulating in her name is a cynical copycat of an email hoax created in 1997. Read more...

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