{"id":2873,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2873"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Slow-Dance-Charity-Hoax---Hoax-Slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2873","title":{"rendered":"Slow Dance Charity Hoax &#8211; Hoax-Slayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"inner-post-entry\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail forward that features a poem called &#8220;Slow Dance&#8221; claims that the poem was written by a seriously ill young girl and that the American Cancer Society will donate money to help the child every time the message is forwarded.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe claims in the message are false. The American Cancer Society will certainly not donate money based on how many times an email is forwarded. Sending on the email will help nobody. The email is just one in a long line of absurd hoaxes that claim that money will be donated in exchange for forwarding an email. Any message that makes such a claim is sure to be a hoax and should not be sent on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Subject: FW: Slow Dance &#8211; A Last Request.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t normally send these on&#8230;.but this one brought a lump to my throat&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________<\/p>\n<p>This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>She wants to see how many people get her poem. It is quite the poem. Please pass it on. This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital. It was sent by a medical doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.<\/p>\n<p>SLOW DANCE<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever watched kids<br \/>\nOn a merry-go-round?<br \/>\nOr listened to the rain<br \/>\nSlapping on the ground?<br \/>\nEver followed a butterfly&#8217;s erratic flight?<br \/>\nOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?<br \/>\nYou better slow down.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t dance so fast.<br \/>\nTime is short.<br \/>\nThe music won&#8217;t last.<\/p>\n<p>Do you run through each day<br \/>\nOn the fly?<br \/>\nWhen you ask How are you?<br \/>\nDo you hear the reply?<br \/>\nWhen the day is done<br \/>\nDo you lie in your bed<br \/>\nWith the next hundred chores<br \/>\nRunning through your head?<br \/>\nYou&#8217;d better slow down<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t dance so fast.<br \/>\nTime is short.<br \/>\nThe music won&#8217;t last.<\/p>\n<p>Ever told your child,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll do it tomorrow?<br \/>\nAnd in your haste,<br \/>\nNot see his sorrow?<br \/>\nEver lost touch,<br \/>\nLet a good friendship die<br \/>\nCause you never had time<br \/>\nTo call and say,&#8221;Hi&#8221;<br \/>\nYou&#8217;d better slow down.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t dance so fast.<br \/>\nTime is short.<\/p>\n<p>The music won&#8217;t last.<\/p>\n<p>When you run so fast to get somewhere<br \/>\nYou miss half the fun of getting there.<br \/>\nWhen you worry and hurry through your day,<br \/>\nIt is like an unopened gift&#8230;..<br \/>\nThrown away.<br \/>\nLife is not a race.<br \/>\nDo take it slower<\/p>\n<p>Hear the music<\/p>\n<p>Before the song is over.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.<\/p>\n<p>Dear All:<br \/>\nPLEASE pass this mail on to everyone you know &#8211; even to those you don&#8217;t know! It is the request of a special girl who will soon leave this world due to cancer.<\/p>\n<p>This young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to the fullest, since she never will.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;ll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own<\/p>\n<p>By you sending this to as many people as possible, you can give her and her family a little hope, because with every name that this is sent to, The American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can at least send it to 5 or 6. It&#8217;s not even your money, just your time!<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor<br \/>\nDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology<br \/>\nAlbert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University<br \/>\n1300 Morris Park Avenue<br \/>\nBronx, New York 10461<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/slow-dance.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/slow-dance.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Email forward that features a poem called &#8220;Slow Dance&#8221; claims that the poem was written by a seriously ill young girl and that the American Cancer Society will donate money to help the child every time the message is forwarded. Brief Analysis: The claims in the message are false. 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