The document is a message about luck that claims to have originated in the Netherlands and traveled around the world. It instructs the reader to make 20 copies and send it to others within 96 hours in order to receive good luck through mail or the internet. The message includes stories of people who followed the instructions and subsequently had good fortune, like winning the lottery, or those who ignored it and later experienced misfortune, like losing their job or their child getting sick. It claims the reader's luck will come within 4 days if they comply and send out 20 copies without modifying the text.

1. ABOUT
MONEY

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY BLOOD
BUT NOT LIFE

9. WITH MONEY YOU CAN
BUY SEX
BUT NOT LOVE

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

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

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

13. 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)

14. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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