Is Debbie Swartz's Story real The one about her 3 family members being sick and not being able to pay for it all It's a chain letter where every 12 forwards give her 15 cents. Is it real?

Answer 1

This is a hoax.

There is no procedure on the internet for tracing forwarded emails and compensating anyone for the forwards. Any email you receive that claims that you or anyone else will be paid on a per-email basis for forwarding it is a hoax.

There are also other clues that this is a fabrication. One is that nowadays neither doctors nor patients would be using the term "vegetable" to describe the outlook of a comatose child. It's outdated and considered insensitive. The other is that Down's Syndrome is the result of genetic factors, not stress during pregnancy sourced from http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/debbieschwartz.htm