What is a Chain Letter

A Chain letter (read more in wikipedia)

Description: An email which urges the recipient to forward the email to other people.
Examples: View chain letters.

Poisonous Free Perfume Sample

Aliases: Perfume
Type: Chain letter
Description: The chain letter reads as follows:
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Subject:

PLEASE READ ASAP - VERY IMPORTANT

Text:

For your information.

Seven women have died after inhaling a free perfume sample that was mailed to them. The product was poisonous. If you receive free samples in the mail such as lotions, perfumes, diapers etc. throw them away.

The government is afraid that this might be another terrorist act. They will not announce it on the news because they do not want to create panic or give the terrorists new ideas. Send this to all your friends and family members.
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Important:

If you receive this or a similar message, please do not forward it to your friends and colleagues. Forwarding unsolicited chain letters wastes time and bandwidth.

Source: http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/poisonperfume.html

Other resources: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/Template.cfm?Section=Internet_Rumors&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=864

Read Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_letter

Another popular chain letter: Bill Gates fortune at http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/billgates2.html