Dear Friend,

I am writing to ask a favor of you.  Too many people are unaware of a national class action settlement with General Electric concerning 304 defective models of side by side refrigerators manufactured between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2002.  I believe that General Electric is trying to contain the damage of this lawsuit by limiting distribution of critical consumer information.  Please visit the website: www.bringgoodthingstolife.org and check to see if your refrigerator is listed in the settlement.  If you own one of the models included and are unaware of the settlement, please follow the advice on the website so you will not lose your rights to reimbursement and/or compensation.  (This is not one of those terrible coupon settlements!)

Next, please copy and paste into a new email (please do not use the forward button) the entire text of this email and send it to all your personal acquaintances in your email address book (so you are not accused of spamming since the recipients will recognize your name and/or email address).  Do not be concerned about whether or not your friends own one of the GE refrigerators - they can still send this message on to their friends.

Time is of the essence - the claim deadline is fast approaching and this information needs to be spread as far - as wide - and as quickly as possible.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

[your name]