1. Recognizing Chain Letters 

• How do you recognize a chain letter? Computer Incident Advisory Capability, U. S. Dept. of Energy
• What Is a Chain Letter ? United States Postal Inspection Service 
• Chain lettersHoaxbusters.ciac.org

• What Should You Do About Chain Letters?Computer Incident Advisory Capability, U. S. Dept. of Energy
• Stopping chain letters Dr. M.E. Kabay, Antivirus Online
• How to defeat a chain letter Jed Hartman 
• What should I do if I get a chain letter? University of Rochester 

• Legality of chain letters Stan Brown 

4. Examples of Chain Letters

• The Bill Gates chain letter Paul Erickson
• Beware of Chain Letters Promising Free IBM PCs IBM News 
• Nike Shoe ExchangeThe Curse of a Thousand Chain Letters 
• Win a trip to Disney World or $5000 e-mail Jimi Lee Haswell, U-M Virus Busters

5. Chain Letter Advice

• The chain letter challenge! Judy Forfeld
• Chain letters are not okay Center for Academic Computing, Penn State University
• How to defeat a chain letter Jed Hartman 
• Secrets of success with chain letters Insider Reports Journal 
• Protect yourself: avoid online scams C|net 

6. Some Official Positions

• What is the UITS policy on chain letters? Indiana University 
• Chain letters Boston University 
• Email chain letters Wilfrid Laurier University 

7. Reference Material

• Virtual urban legends: Investigating the ecology of the World Wide Web Edmund Chattoe
• National Fraud Information Center 



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