Have you ever received a message asking you to send it on to your friends, and if you don’t, something might happen to you?
These are called chain messages or Chain Text and have been sent for centuries.
But where did they come from, and will anything actually happen to you if you don’t send them on?
What is a chain message?
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An example of a chain message.
A chain message is a message that aims to convince the person it is sent to, to send it on to more people.
This could be by a direct message on social media, an email or a text message.
Sometimes chain messages will try to convince people to share the message by saying they will do something good, or by saying that something bad might happen to them if they don’t.
But this is not true and is just made up.
They can also spread fake news and false information in this way.