I got a photocopied letter from a good friend today, requesting that I send a pair of (NEW) knickers to her friend, then forward six copies of the letter to my friends asking them to forward a pair of knickers to her. They then have to forward a copy of the letter to six of their friends asking them to send a pair of knickers to me.........and so on. I get 36 pairs of knickers for the price of one, arriving in two weeks time.
According to the letter, it is NOT a chain letter as it is between friends, and just for fun. Obviously if it says it isn't a chain letter then it isn't one , but it is a pyramid scheme.
Assuming I had six friends that my friend hasn't contacted to send the letter to (I don't), and all my friends could send the letter to six people who have not already received it, every woman in the UK would have had a demand for a pair of knickers within 10 forwarding cycles. If we go international, every woman in the world would have had a demand within 12 cycles. As not every woman in the world lives near a Marks and Sparks, there has to be a flaw there somewhere.
I have sent her a nice card explaining that I won't be joining in...............