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Chain letters from Facebook? - Taiallanis - 08-02-2013 04:54 AM
So i was scrolling thorugh Facebook, when i come across a chain letter. I know not to read it, but i dont know why i did. It said, "Don't believe me? Look up these people" and so i did so. Some said, "A MURDER THAT DIDN'T ADD UP". The last one said, "THIS MAN WAS NOT KILLED FROM A CHAIN LETTER." I got a little suspicious. They died but the last one died not from a chain letter. PLEASE HELP.
- UnicornHUNTERS_7 - 08-02-2013 05:02 AM
Those are fake so don't worry about it
- Oscar Maldonado - 08-02-2013 05:06 AM
Chain letters are NOT real. They are used to scare people. Chain letters could be anything from "Hoaxes" or "Urban legends". The main purpose for them are to scare people and pass them on to as many people as possible. The story how it started is pretty funny, but to long to include here. I included the link (in the source section) in-case you wanted to read about it.
Definitions of:
- Hoaxes: Hoaxes attempt to trick or defraud users. A hoax could be malicious, instructing users to delete a file necessary to the operating system by claiming it is a virus. It could also be a scam that convinces users to send money or personal information. Phishing attacks could fall into this.
- Urban legends: Urban legends are designed to be redistributed and usually warn users of a threat or claim to be notifying them of important or urgent information. Another common form are the emails that promise users monetary rewards for forwarding the message or suggest that they are signing something that will be submitted to a particular group. Urban legends usually have no negative effect aside from wasted time.
Hope this answers your question.