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Common methods used in chain letters include emotionally manipulative stories, get-rich-quick pyramid schemes, and the exploitation of superstition to threaten the recipient. Originally, chain letters were letters sent by mail; today, chain letters are often sent electronically via email, social network sites, and text messages.
Sep 23, 2018 · The appeal of chain letters is about control: By forwarding them we allow ourselves to believe that we can command the future. Or at least ward off the worst.
Apr 7, 2020 · Copies of the letter survive from as early as the mid-1700s, proof that people have always had an innate curiosity—and superstition—about chain letters. In the decades that followed, hundreds...
Types of chain letters run the gamut from luck to protection, charity, religion, advocacy, money-generating schemes, parody and exchange.
May 5, 2005 · Barbara Mikkelson. Published May 5, 2005. Claim: Topic: A discussion of the history and various types of chain letters. Origins: The practice of circulating letters to other parties beyond...
Oct 1, 2010 · Oct 01, 20101:33 PM. On the occasion of the release of the horror film Chain Letter, in which “a maniac murders teens when they refuse to forward chain mail,” Slate asked Paul Collins to plot...
May 15, 2020 · VanArsdale estimates that, between 1970 and 2000, at least 2.2 billion chain letters circulated in the United States alone. My mother-in-law, who has been a rural letter carrier for close to...
