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- American Cancer Society - Jessica Mydek Chain Letter - The Police Notebook Law Enforcement Internet site provides information on the Jessica Mydek chain letter hoax.
www.ou.edu/oupd/acsmidek.htm
- Chain Letters - Description of chain letters, why people think they can work, why they can't work. Extensive links.
www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/chain-letters.html
- Chain Letters Are Not Legal - Postal Service judicial decision that debunks the claim that sending a "report" in exchange for cash makes a chain letter legal.
www.usps.com/judicial/1978deci/6-72.htm
- Chain Phone Call - Sample variation of the chain letter, distributed by email and the telephone.
www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/txt/chain.phone-calls
- David Rhodes Chain Letter - Chain letter circulated starting in 1994.
www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/txt/David.Rhodes.chain.letter
- How Chain Letters Really Work - Describes how chain letter participants rarely, if ever, profit from them: Chain letters are carefully crafted business letters asking for contributions.
www.flash.net/~bob001/chainletter.htm
- PrimeTime: 'Dinner Party' Pyramid - Although they are being touted as charitable "gifting" clubs, law enforcement officials say such "dinner parties" may be illegal pyramid schemes. [ABC News]
abcnews.go.com/sections/primetime/2020/PRIMETIME_010222_dinnerparty_feature.html
- Pyramid Scams - Site describes how pyramid scams operate, how to identify them and avoid becoming a victim.
www.moneyweb.co.uk/essays/internet/pyramid.html
- The Make Money Fast Myth Page - Dissection of the chain letter, laws, variations, international legal status, links.
www.stopspam.org/usenet/mmf/index.html
- US Postal Service: Chain Letters - Describes illegality of chain letters.
www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/chainlet.htm
- Skeptic's Dictionary: Pyramid Schemes, Chain Letters and Ponzi Schemes - Definitions
skepdic.com/pyramid.html
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