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Latest "dying child" e-mail hoax

Howard Lake | 29 May 2001 | News

Rachel Arlington is the latest fictitious child subject of a fundaising e-mail chain letter hoax.

Rachel Arlington is the latest fictitious child subject of a fundaising e-mail chain letter hoax. The message suggests that simply passing on the e-mail to three other people will generate a 32 cent donation from AOL and ZDNET.

It’s another hoax. Read UK Fundraising’s coverage of this and other e-mail hoaxes on behalf of charities.

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