CHAIN LETTER SCAM SHOULD BE BROKEN

From the Wirral Globe, first published Wednesday 16th Sep 1998.

From Concerned Grandfather:-

I WOULD like to draw attention to the 'chain letters' that are currently circulating the Wallasey area. The children continue the chain believing the letters to be true in their claims to be linked to Blue Peter and The Guinness Book of Records, and are wasting both their time and money on stamps.

An investigation by the Daily Mirror (Friday, September 4) reported that these claims were infact untrue and that the 'chain' was NOT verified by the Post Office as also claimed.

A representative from Blue Peter told the Mirror "It's a fake". The Guiness Book of Records said "We do not recognise chain letters a s a category".

The letter asks recipients to sent it to six more people, but I urge local children not to be fooled by the claims and throw it away.

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