Sometimes, on very rare occasions, an e-mail chain letter can contain absolutely true and accurate information... at least when they first hit the 'net.
Living too long online - where anonymous authors can add and change facts, but the author cannot retract or update his work - can cause any chain letter to become inconsistent, outdated, exaggerated or simply full of lies. Or maybe they never contained the whole truth to begin with. E-mail is simply an unreliable tool for distributing news and information.
Visit this page of a list of Armchair Activism chains on BreakTheChain.org...