chain letter

message that attempts to convince the recipient to make a number of copies and pass them on to a certain number of recipients

Class type of: letter, message Q371008

Facts

2 properties

Subclass of: letter, message^[1]^[2]
Has part(s): 不幸の手紙^[3]

🏷️ Also known as

en chain email en chain e-mail en chain mail en chain letter cs řetězový dopis cs řetězová zpráva da Kædebrev de Kettenmail de Ketten-E-Mail de Kettenemail de Kettenbrief es Carta cadena es cadena de mensajes es Cadenas de mensajes es Carta de cadena fa نامه زنجیره‌ای fa نامه زنجیره ای fa نامهٔ زنجیره‌ای fi ketjukirje fr Chaîne de courriels

🔖 Identifiers · 10

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Chain Letter.jpg ↗
Freebase ID: /m/0bt4z
Harper's tag: chain-letters
JSTOR topic ID (archived): chain-letters
Lex ID: kædebrev
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 14767939
PolitiFact people and groups ID: chain-email
WikiKids ID: Kettingbrief
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 06638246-n
YSO ID: 21796

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🔗 Connections

Subclass of 2

letter, message

Subtypes 1

virus hoax

← Facet of 1

creepypasta

← Narrative motif 1

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@misc{4ortxyz_chain-letter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{chain letter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/chain-letter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}}

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19d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'bg', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'h

Sitelink count → 36

Harper's tag → chain-letters

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"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: chain-letters, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289918263|chain letters (#289918263)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"

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