Forwarding emails

This morning I received an email about a girl who lost her parents in the recent tsunami which hit South Asia in the beginning of the year; she has no recollection of her name nor her own family , she has lost her parents and now still remains at the Phuket Hospital. The email pleads that its recipients would forward it to all their contacts :

Please don’t just delete this - your contribution could be the one that solves this little girl’s problem. Even if you are one of the people who believes that it is always someone else’s obligation to help the misfortunate, please know that forwarding this will cost you nothing. Let’s help!! Forward this to everyone you can.

I wonder if all these emails are genuine, or would it actually achieve the objective in finding her parents... Perhaps they do, I've no idea... but I just don't forward emails like this.

Would you forward emails which asks for blood donations ? Perhaps I would , if it sounds genuine enough. What about those which promise monetary rewards - something like Microsoft would reimburse you with a fat paycheck when you forward the email to everyone you know --indirectly becoming a spammer for someone smarter? Perhaps it really sounds silly - but let me ask this : Has anyone really become richer by just forwarding emails everyday?

Just some observations to the strategies they use :-
(a)Threaten(punishment)==> You'll have bad luck for the next 7 years if you don't forward them. Unlucky for them, they go straight into the trash bin.

(b) Soft stance(reward) ==> Some goes by softer stance of saying that you would be blessed by God if you forward those emails. I wonder if God would.

*Ok, time to check my next forwarded email.*