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 Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:48 am Subject: This story is unreal...
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I check out the urban legend website snopes.com to see what's going on in the wild world of weird stories. Well - I thought I'd do a search on payday loans in snopes, just for the fun of it. Believe it or not, I came up with a story! It was an e-mail chain letter in 2007, requesting donations of money for a woman in Canada whose husband had a heart attack and they were having bad times. There was an address provided for the woman so you could send your donations. Here's the good part - the address was for a "we'll hold your check until payday" place! The commentary on the story said they didn't know if the people 'in need' were legit or not, but can you imagine if a PDL got hold of all kinds of checks from people all over the world? Unbelievable!!!
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wheadle
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Shazzers
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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:04 pm Subject:
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The nerve! Could those people actually go back and get their moneyh back based on fraud?
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sbillingsley90
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unclewulf
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Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 1:22 pm Subject:
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That just stinks that someone would do that. A new and sneakier way for PDL's to get their money.
I use Snopes.com to debunk all those forwarded e-mails we get. And you know what? Every single one I've received has been false or unsubstantiated. I copy & paste the Snopes page, with reference to where it came from and send it back to the one who sent it to me.
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:50 am Subject:
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I'm ALWAYS getting those "forward to everyone you know" e-mails. I keep referring people back to snopes, and they keep sending 'em anyway... 
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Pachacutec
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:43 am Subject:
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I get tired of them. My sis in law sends them like crazy. I just delete them now. I have such a heart for people and I can't stand the thought of people suffering. I have always said if I get blessed with a large amount of money (inheritance or lottery) then I am going to do so much for so many people. Instead of getting richer, I would take care of people (annoymously) that I know need actual help. Single parents, parents that are struggling, teachers, preachers, etc. Ya know? I would just want to bless others as I had been blessed. I can't stand to see people stand on the side of the street with signs that say, will work for food. I just want to help them all. But unfortunately, I am blessed beyond meassure with beautiful children and a loving husband, just not a lot of money.
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