Why do you think chain letters don't work?

Question

I'm doing a research on chain letters, and I want the public's view on why chain letters don't work

Answer 1

Because if you reply to me all the luck will be with you and so would a million dollars.........................

Answer 2

Here are to two examples:

1) If someone came up to you off the street and told you a story about some crazy old woman who killed 756 people and the only way you could survive is if you told all your friends about her!

2) If someone came up to you off the street and gave you and ice-cream and said 'If you eat this you'll get $1000'.

Would you believe them?

Of course not! You'd probably think THEY were the crazy ones.

Frankly, most people just think chain letters dont work because they are just too far-fetched and get too many of them.

Answer 3

Here are four sites dedicated to chain letters and explaining the flaws.

Read carefully.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/02/eileenspam1.htm has six court cases.

http://rickconner.net/spamweb/chainletteranalysis.html explains the flaws in chain letters in a way simple enough for a grade school student to comprehend.

http://www.stopspam.org/usenet/mmf/mmf_variants.html goes over the numerous lies and deceptions chain letter authors use.

and http://www.silcom.com/~barnowl/chain-letter/bibliography.htm covers the history of chain letters, including the events in 1935 that resulted in their being ruled a felony.

Answer 4

chain letters don,t work because it is only changing from one person to another that is why it call chain letter.

Answer 5

because its just like any other threats...

if i were to say everyone who eats ice cream today and doesnt put a cherry on top is going to break their leg doesnt make it so....

words.. or wishes.. have no real power to create actual events.

Answer 6

well, number one, because the USPS is agin' it

and they stop it - with postal regulations - and send you a nice letter telling you to stop, cease, decist, etc

final answer