This document shares a Chinese proverb about money not being able to buy important things like a home, time, sleep, knowledge, good health, respect, life or love. It then claims to be a good luck message originating from the Netherlands that must be copied and shared with others within 96 hours to receive good luck. It provides some examples of people who supposedly received good luck or bad luck depending on if they shared the message. The document instructs the reader to copy and send it to 20 people to receive a surprise within the next day. It claims the message has gone around the world and will continue to do so if copied and shared as instructed.

1. CHINESE
PROVERB

2. ABOUT
MONEY

3. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY A HOUSE
BUT NOT A HOME

4. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY A CLOCK
BUT NOT TIME

5. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY A BED
BUT NOT SLEEP

6. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY A BOOK, BUT
NOT KNOWLEDGE

7. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
SEE A DOCTOR,
BUT NOT GOOD HEALTH

8. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY A POSITION
BUT NOT RESPECT

9. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY BLOOD
BUT NOT LIFE

10. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY SEX
BUT NOT LOVE

11. THIS CHINESE PROVERB
BRINGS LUCK
IT ORIGINATED FROM
THE NETHERLANDS

12. THIS PROVERB HAS GONE 8
TIMES AROUND THE
WORLD, NOW IT IS YOUR
TURN TO HAVE GOOD LUCK
ONCE YOU HAVE RECEIVED
IT.

13. THIS IS NOT A JOKE
YOUR LUCK WILL COME
BY MAIL OR INTERNET

14. SEND A COPY TO THE
PERSONS THAT REALLY
NEED LUCK, DO NOT SEND
MONEY, BECAUSE YOU
CANNOT BUY LUCK, AND
DO NOT KEEP IT FOR
MORE THAN 96HRS
(4 DAYS)

15. HERE ARE A FEW
EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE
THAT GOT LUCK AFTER
RECEIVING THE PROVERB:

16. CONSTANTIN, GOT HIS
FIRST IN 1953, HE ASKED
HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE
20 COPIES.
NINE HOURS LATER HE
WON 99MILLION IN THE
LOTTERY IN HIS COUNTRY.

17. CARLOS, EMPLOYED
RECEIVED THE SAME CARD,
BUT DID NOT SEND IT, A
FEW DAYS LATER HE LOST
HIS EMPLOYMENT.
DAYS LATER HE CHANGED
HIS MIND, SENT IT, AND
BECAME RICH.

18. IN 1967, BRUNO GOT THE CARD,
HE LAUGHED ABOUT IT AND
DISCARDED IT, A FEW DAYS
LATER HIS SON GOT SICK.
HE LOOKED FOR THE CARD
MADE 20 COPIES AND SENT
THEM. NINE DAYS LATER, HE
GOT GOOD NEWS: HIS SON WAS
SAFE AND SOUND.

19. THIS CARD HAS BEEN
SENT BY ANTHONY DE
CROUD, A MISSIONARY IN
SOUTH AFRICA.

20. BEFORE 96 HOURS
YOU HAVE TO SEND THIS
CARD.

21. YOUR LUCK WILL COME
WITHIN 4 DAYS FROM THE
MOMENT YOU RECEIVED
THE CARD, IF YOU COMPLY
TO THE WISHED EXPRESSED
IN THIS CARD.

22. THIS IS TRUE.
THIS CARD HAS BEEN SENT
FOR GOOD LUCK.
LUCK IS FINALY AT YOUR
DOOR.

23. SEND 20 COPIES TO
ACQUAINTANCES,
FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
ONE DAY LATER YOU
WILL GET GOOD NEWS OR
A SURPRISE.

24. I SENT THIS CARD
EXPECTING IT TO GO
AROUND THE WORLD.

25. SEND ONLY 20 COPIES
AND EXPECT GOOD
TIDINGS IN THE NEXT
DAYS.

26. IMPORTANT:
DO NOT MODIFY THE TEXT
THAT I SENT YOU, COPY IT
EXACTLY THE WAY YOU GOT IT.
GOOD LUCK.
J.A.B.