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Subject: kids of colunbine

This is a special forward.
This forward is dedicated to all of the students of Littleton, Colorado.
For every person this forward is sent to The City of Denver, Colrado will give .25 cents to the town of Littleton. Now this may not seem like much to you, but as soon as this gets around it all starts to add up. Please. If you just take the time to send this it will help the victims of the terrible incident that happened today. Send this to as many people you can and start building a new hope for the students..

Sgt. Alan Davis
The City of Denver

Comments:  This message is a hoax, and a very cynical one at that. It's modeled on the various dying child chain letters, which take the form: Organization X will donate Y cents to charity for every time this message is forwarded. There is no means by which the number of forwards can be tracked, therefore no means of actually apportioning donations.

Lastly, according to the Denver Sheriff's Department, there is no "Sgt. Alan Davis" working for the city of Denver. The city of Denver has no knowledge of where or how this message originated.

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