Forward an email for medical care for Kalin-Fiction!

Forward an Email, Get Medical Care for Kalin from Alabama-Fiction!

Summary of eRumor:
This email says it is from Katie Relek of Alabama. It says her son, Kalin, is 7 years old and was struck by a car in front of her home. She says he's alive, but in serious condition, has internal bleeding, and needs surgery. She doesn't have health insurance but has arranged with a company called "BCC Inc." that for every email about Kalin that is forwarded by the readers, five cents will be donated toward his medical costs.

The Truth:
This is a hoax. No verifying information about this story has been found and there is no way for an organization to keep track of forwarded emails even if it wanted to donate money for them.

A real example of the story as it has been circulated:

Hello, my name is Katie Relek, and I live in Alabama.

Well, this is important for you to read, because I really need your cooperation. It is so imporant for you to know about what I want to tell you.

Ok, let me start. Ok, a couple of days ago, my son, he’s 7 years old, his name is Kalin. Well,he was playing on the street, infront of our house, and then from out of nowhere, this car came out and crashed into him! I was so frightened and angered at the driver, but it ended out to be, that the drivers brakes had been shot, and he wasn’t able to stop. Luckily, my son, was able to avoid death, but he is in very serious condition. Right now, as I speak, he’s in the hospital, but the thing is, he has the serious injury to himself. It’s internal bleeding, and it’s bad to say, but we don’t have any health insurance, and we don’t have enough money to pay for the operation.

So I made a deal with a company, BCC inc. And they told me, for every person that will foward this email, he’ll donate 5 cents To the operation. THIS IS NO JOKE. We attached this type of encoding, that tracked how many times this message was fowarded. SO PLEASE, FOWARD THIS LETTER TO EVERY PERSON ON YOUR LIST. IT WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH