Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2011

Chained Letter

In Wikipedia, it says that:

A typical chain letter consists of a message that attempts to the recipient to make a number of copies of the letter and then pass them on to as many recipients as possible. Common methods used in chain letters include emotionally manipulative stories, get rich fast scheme, and the exploitation of superstition to threaten the recipient with bad luck or even physical violence or death if he or she "breaks the chain" and refuses to adhere to the conditions set out in the letter. Chain letters started as actual letters that one received in the mail. Today, chain letters are generally no longer actual letters. They are sent through email messages, postings on social network sites, and text messages.

There are two main types of chain letters:

1. 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.

2. 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 bandwidth and time.

In my opinion, chained letter were created by someone for his/her benefits. Still, I don't give a damn. At first, I saw a chained letter about a ghost with no face bla bla bla will appear and kill you. Ohh I am so scared! I don't have time to do such forwarding or something like that. Tuuihh~!

Get a life. Seriously. There are still so many people actually still fall for this little nuisance! But I didn't expect things like what the Wikipedia explained up there. Scheme or whatever? Errr.. . I don't even know why I am writing this post. Bored perhaps? Honestly, I just copy and paste this note from my Tagged account.
Awkward so sudden.

Guten Tag! :3

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