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Avoiding Chain Letter Scams

Almost everyone who has an email account has probably received a chain letter. A chain letter contains a message that encourages the reader to forward the said message to various other email addresses. Among the usual chain letters you can often find in your email account are those containing emotionally touching stories, those using superstitions to blackmail you, and those containing pyramid schemes and other contents that entice you with financial rewards.

Chain letter scams

It could really be annoying that every time you open your email account, you are always greeted by a chain letter that claims to curse you with bad luck if you don’t forward the email. Though you don’t believe it, you always feel you have to forward the email to other recipients just to be on the safer side. Other chain letters lure you with emotional bait, that is, by telling you tragic stories and encouraging you to make donations. Another type of chain email is the one that involves financial investments. The chain email in this type requires a certain amount from you and promises to give you more in return. This type is considered illegal in some countries.

Getting rid of chain letters

You don’t have to suffer from receiving chain letters endlessly. There are actually a lot of ways to avoid a chain letter. One way is to break the chain; you can simply ignore the email or delete it. You may also opt to block the sender, especially if you don’t know that sender.

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