And whoever concocted this particular
chain letter was very lazy...
Trading Standards chiefs have warned people not to be duped by a
chain letter doing the rounds in Hartlepool.
Mary said: "I'm furious, as I've never received anything like the amount the
chain letter promised.
Similar to virus hoaxes,
chain letters and urban legends are spread by thousands of unwitting recipients.
Young people in the West Midlands have been urged to help combat the latest
chain letter craze.
The mystery author claims falsely that his letter is endorsed by the popular programme and claims an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the longest
chain letter in history.
QI HAVE received a
chain letter and it really upset me.
The theory behind
chain letters is that you send out letters to, say, 100 people; some of whom (say 10) continue the chain by sending out their own letters, adding 1,000 new recipients; some of whom (say now, 100, at the same 10 percent rate) repeat the process, making 10,000 more recipients; some of whom (say, 1,000) repeat the process, making 100,000 more recipients; some of whom (say, 10,000) repeat the process.
It wasn't one of those pray-or-else
chain letters, one of those, "Don't be like Mrs.
Young offenders often use voice mail illegally to send chain messages, similar to
chain letters of years past.
These letters closely resembled
chain letters, albeit without the promise of riches if you comply and the threat of famine and plague if you break the chain.
As one GAO staff member says, "We write for the next level of review"--turning the agency's reports into
chain letters for bureaucrats.