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- Break the Chain - Help stop the spread of junk e-mail and misinformation with a library of tips, extensive research archive, and the visitor's forum.
www.breakthechain.org
- Breaking The Chain: The Truth Behind Chain Letters - Debunks the most common virus hoaxes, sick child appeals, petitions, and others. Know the truth before you pass that chain letter on!
www.lava.net/~higak/chain
- Buying into an e-mail, and seeing slim returns - Column about the \
archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=erik26&date=20000926
- Chain Letter Evolution - History of chain letters. Focus on paper luck chain letters since 1900 and origin of money chain letters. Uses over 300 dated examples.
www.silcom.com/~barnowl/clevo/start.htm
- Craig Shergold and Ryan McGhee Chain Letters - Site from Make-A-Wish Foundation debunking the story that a 7-year-old named Amy is working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to raise 7 cents every time the e-mail is forwarded.
www.wish.org/home/frame_chainletters.htm
- E-mail bonding: A wealth of messages, but otherwise . . . - Column about the \
archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=erik22&date=20000922
- Fraud Bureau - Chain Letters - The anatomy of a chain letter.
www.fraudbureau.com/articles/misc/article2.html
- Fraudulent Jessica Mydek Chain Letter - The American Cancer Society is greatly disturbed by reports of a fraudulent chain letter circulating on the internet which lists the American Cancer Society as a "corporate sponsor" but which has in no way been endorsed by the American Cancer Society.
www.cancer.org/chain.html
- The Curse of a Thousand Chain Letters - This site explains the dangers of e-mail forwards and offers frightening examples of them.
www.chainletters.org
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