The letter claims the senders are attempting to get in to the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest
chain letter in existence.
PC and laptop users are being advised by SophosLabs, a network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centres, not to forward a bogus e-mail
chain letter claiming to be from UK-based supermarket chain Sainsbury's.
Get past track one and
Chain Letter enlightens as much as it enlivens.
The hoax is essentially a variant on the
chain letter, one of the original abuses of e-mail The harm in hoaxes and
chain letters is nominally that they take up storage space and waste users' time, but the more serious damage is that they erode the vigilance and good practices of those who receive them.
BROOKE VALENTINE sashays her way onto the crunk party scene with
CHAIN LETTER (Virgin), and the jams never stop.
"I think someone's going to be the last person on the
chain letter up there, and we think Gary Head's the person we want to ride with," Allison said.
And whoever concocted this particular
chain letter was very lazy...
For example, a
chain letter about Kerry's supposed Senate votes on military spending was recently repackaged as a "Research Briefing" for the website of the Republican Party.
There's a classic
chain letter that hasn't made the top 10 yet, but it's a contender.
Wolverhampton City Council trading standards officers have warned residents to be wary of a
chain letter circulating in the city.
A virus hoax is a message that isalmost always sent by e-mail that appears as a
chain letter.