text: chain mail to make $80k?? i got this letter in the mail saying if i mailed 6 people $1 each from the list provided and mailed 200 letters out with my name on the list i would make $80k. in turn i guess the 200 people who got my letters would keep my name on the list and add theirs. then each of them would mail 200 letters and i would get $1 from all them and so on and so forth. has anyone tried this? ifiguer it would be worth a try seince it would only cost me $6 plus samps. that is as old as the hills, and it does not work.  it is a pyramid scheme as well.   first off, even if the next person does go through with it, they will likely take your name off it and put 6 friends on it.  also it is illegal to do it via us mail and it is considered spam on the internet.