An example of a contemporary "luck generation" chain letter sent by e-mail. [Collected on the Internet, 2000] CASE 1: Kelly Sedey had one wish, for her boyfriend of three years, David Marsden, to ...

These three examples are only the most recent update to the chain letter formula, which has been around since at least 1888. Over the last two decades, they’ve been given new life and ubiquity ...

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If you’re like many people trying to navigate this bizarro-world of social distancing, you may have seen an old friend crop up in your inbox lately: The chain letter – complete with convoluted ...

Unlike the unfortunate Zorin Barrachilli, the chain letter lives on. If that 1974 sample from an online archive of chain letters sounds familiar, it’s probably thanks to generations of e-mail ...

A new example of holiday fraud is making the rounds: the "Secret Sister Gift Exchange." Like the old-fashioned chain letter, ...

Before Chain Letters Swept the Internet, They Raised Funds for Orphans and Sent Messages From God Recipe exchanges, poetry chains, photo challenges and other ostensibly comforting prompts are ...