1. E-MAIL FRAUD SCHEME: Despite Warnings, Americans Continue To Lose Millions To Ni Those officialsounding letters from someone in Africa are too good to be true. Article includes quotes from victims. Also, a sidebar article on the columnist's correspondence with a Nigerian man who claimed to need help to transfer millions of dollars to Amsterdam. Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend19_20020419.htm

Home News Sports Entertainment ... Ga. Police Look to Cameras to Fight Crime E-MAIL FRAUD SCHEME: Despite warnings, Americans continue to lose millions to Nigerian con artists April 19, 2002 BY MIKE WENDLAND FREE PRESS COLUMNIST A photo purporting to show stacks of cash was sent to Free Press technology writer Mike Wendland after he responded to an e-mail solicitation. Experts say it is easy to fake these images on a computer. RELATED CONTENT Just playing along with an enticing offer HOW TO GET HELP Experts offer the following tips on how to avoid getting ripped off: Be highly suspicious of any unsolicited offer that comes to you by e-mail from someone you don't know, especially if it is from overseas and hints at huge profits. Never give anyone you do not know well your Social Security number, a bank account number or your credit card information by e-mail or on the telephone. If someone tells you in an e-mail or phone call that you must act immediately or you'll lose some purported opportunity, realize that this is a common tactic of con artists. Get sound advice from someone you trust before proceeding. You can check out the following Web sites to identify current scams on the Net and to report solicitations to authorities: 419 Coalition http://home.rica.net/

2. Legal Definition Of 'Mail Fraud' The Legal Term * mail fraud * Defined Explained The 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon On. * mail fraud * mail fraud 18 U.S.C http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m001.htm

The 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon On * Mail Fraud * MAIL FRAUD - 18 U.S.C. 1341, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to use the United States mails in carrying out a scheme to defraud. A person can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved: First: That the person knowingly and willfully devised a scheme to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false pretenses, representations or promises; and Second: That the person used the United States Postal Service by mailing, or by causing to be mailed, some matter or thing for the purpose of executing the scheme to defraud. Back To The Letter * M * The Lexicon's Lyceum The Reference Room Dozens Of Legal Topic Areas The Rotunda Court, Business and Personal Forms for all Situations and Locations (This should open a new window. Close it when you're done and you may be back here.) Software, Big Savings on Legal Fees and Lots More

3. U.S. Postal Inspection Service Federal law enforcement agents responsible for enforcing more than 200 federal statutes that deal with the United States Postal Service and the U.S. Mail. News, online mail fraud complaint form, and wanted posters. http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/

Inspectors in the News Updated Weekly About Us Contact Us Press Room Mail Fraud ... Wanted Posters Site Updated More Than 200 Years of Law Enforcement Tradition Nearly 10 million people were victims of ID theft last year. The Financial Crimes Task Force of SW Pennsylvania offers some ways to help you stay safe. Postal Inspector recruitment is closed until further notice. Learn more about mail center security Take the time to reach our seniors or someone else will. SPECIAL REWARD Reward of up to $100,000 for information related to ricin in Greenville, SC, Post Office. SPECIAL REWARD Reward raised to $2.5 million for information related to anthrax mailings U.S. Postal Inspector Steve Sadowitz was named Officer of the Year Identity theft can involve the U.S. Mail. Read more on Identity Theft READ our Bulletin magazine online (first time ever) . Hear from Inspection Service employees serving our country, follow Postal Inspectors as they solve mail crimes, and share our pride in our many successespast and present.

4. Mail Fraud mail fraud. More and more consumers are receiving misleading or downright fraudulent mail promotions of the most prevalent forms of mail fraud, notices that you have received a prize http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0002125.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Business and Finance Consumer Resources Consumer Protection Mail Fraud More and more consumers are receiving misleading or downright fraudulent mail promotions. These promotions take several forms. Some examples are: sweepstakes that require you to pay an entry fee or order a product; notices of prizes that require you to call a 900 number or buy a product; mailings that look like they are from government agencies, but they are not; prize awards that ask for your credit card or bank account number. Consumers should be particularly suspicious of one of the most prevalent forms of mail fraud, notices that you have received a prize, in some cases a very expensive prize like a car or vacation. Usually, you have to purchase a product, for example, a lifetime supply of cosmetics or large amounts of vitamins, to be eligible to receive the prize. In fact, few of the prizes are awarded, and of those received, most are worthless. Contact your state or local consumer office or Better Business Bureau if you have any doubts about promotions you have received in the mail. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is.

5. Mail Fraud - Consumer Complaints - California Dept. Of Justice - Office Of The A Inspectors investigate any complaint involving the mail, including possible mail fraud. For assistance you may call or To report lost mail, complete Form 1510 at any post office. http://caag.state.ca.us/consumers/complaints/postal.htm

OFFICE OF THE AG PUBLICATIONS CONTACT US SEARCH ... LINKS TO STATE SITES Mail Fraud The U.S. Postal Inspectors investigate any complaint involving the mail, including possible mail fraud. For assistance you may call or write your local postmaster. Customer service cards to file complaints are available in the lobbies of local post offices. Send all written complaints to U.S. Postal Inspection Service Operations Support Group 433 W. Van Buren, Floor 7 Chicago, Il 60607-5401 To remove your name from sexually oriented mailing lists, complete Form 2201 at any post office. To report lost mail, complete Form 1510 at any post office. OFFICE OF THE AG PUBLICATIONS CONTACT US SEARCH ... LINKS TO STATE SITES

6. U.S. Criminal Laws Dealing With Fraud mail fraud Statutes ( condensed and paraphrased ). Title 18, United States Code. Section 1301. Importing or transporting lottery tickets. http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Laws/US/criminal_laws.htm

Schemes, Scams, Frauds. New Forum! www.crimes-of-persuasion.com Site Directory Relevant Criminal Laws for Fraud in the United States Consumer protection laws are designed to protect all consumers, the gullible as well as the shrewd. The fact that a false statement may be obviously false to those who are trained and experienced does not change its character or take away its power to deceive others less experienced. Our consumer protection laws were enacted for the protection of the people, many who are trusting and naive about the wolves of the business world who come dressed in lambs' clothing. Enforcement The Department of Justice conducts both criminal and civil litigation in combating telemarketing fraud. United States Attorneys' Offices throughout the country, as well as the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the DOJ, have successfully prosecuted many criminal cases against fraudulent telemarketers. The Office of Consumer Litigation of the Civil Division of the Department, which conducts both civil and criminal litigation in consumer-related cases, has also prosecuted telemarketing fraud cases. Under federal law, state Attorneys General have been given broad power by the U.S. Congress to combat telemarketing fraud. For example, a state Attorney General can file lawsuits in federal court and shut down fraudulent telemarketers through national injunctions so as to prevent companies from moving on under a different name after being banned in one state.

7. Redirect To New Page Better Business Bureau's online video, narrated by Lou Gosset, Jr., shows examples of common telemarketing and mail frauds. Windows Media Player needed (free download available). http://www.bbbvideo.com/fraud.html

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8. USPIS Mail Fraud Take the time to reach our seniors or someone else will. The use of the U.S. Mail is what makes it a mail fraud issue any way involves the U.S. Mail, submit a mail fraud Complaint Form to the http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/welcome.htm

Take the time to reach our seniors or someone else will. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement branch of the U.S. Postal Service, empowered by federal laws and regulations to investigate and enforce over 200 federal statutes related to crimes against the U.S. Mail, the Postal Service and its employees. Postal Inspectors investigate any crime in which the U.S. Mail is used to further a scheme, whether it originated in the mail, by telephone or on the Internet. The use of the U.S. Mail is what makes it a mail fraud issue. If evidence of a postal-related violation exists, Postal Inspectors may seek prosecutive or administrative action against a violator; however, if money is lost to a fraudulent scheme conducted through the mail, Inspectors do not have the authority to ensure you are refunded your loss and cannot require that products, services or advertisements, on the Internet or elsewhere, be altered. Postal Inspectors base their investigations of mail fraud on the number, pattern and substance of complaints received from the public. The Postal Inspection Service is interested in your concerns and will carefully review the information you provide.

9. USPIS Mail Fraud by telephone or on the Internet. The use of the US Mail is what makes it a mail fraud issue. If evidence of a postalrelated violation http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/

Take the time to reach our seniors or someone else will. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement branch of the U.S. Postal Service, empowered by federal laws and regulations to investigate and enforce over 200 federal statutes related to crimes against the U.S. Mail, the Postal Service and its employees. Postal Inspectors investigate any crime in which the U.S. Mail is used to further a scheme, whether it originated in the mail, by telephone or on the Internet. The use of the U.S. Mail is what makes it a mail fraud issue. If evidence of a postal-related violation exists, Postal Inspectors may seek prosecutive or administrative action against a violator; however, if money is lost to a fraudulent scheme conducted through the mail, Inspectors do not have the authority to ensure you are refunded your loss and cannot require that products, services or advertisements, on the Internet or elsewhere, be altered. Postal Inspectors base their investigations of mail fraud on the number, pattern and substance of complaints received from the public. The Postal Inspection Service is interested in your concerns and will carefully review the information you provide.

10. Mail Fraud On-Line Complaint Form complaint to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service if you suspect you are a victim of mail fraud. file a complaint via U.S. Mail, click here and print it. http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm

The form below allows you to send a complaint to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service if you suspect you are a victim of mail fraud. Although the Inspection Service cannot resolve routine business disputes between companies and their customers, it can act against a company or individual if there is a pattern of activity suggesting a potential scheme to defraud. Completion of this form is voluntary, but the more information that you enter, the better the Inspection Service may be able to help. Please note we may share the information you provide with other agencies when a possible violation concerns their jurisdiction. Read the Contact Us page for more information. If this is an urgent matter, immediately contact your nearest law enforcement agency. You may also go to the Federal Trade Commission site for more information. If you would rather file a complaint via U.S. Mail, click here and print it. Your Information First Name: Middle Name: Last Name: Name of Your Company: Street Address: City: State or Canadian Province ( Click Down Arrows for Choices Alabama Alaska Alberta Arizona Arkansas British Columbia California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida

11. Computer Seller Indicted In Fraud Case - 2003-08-07 - Philadelphia Business Jour News story Computer seller indicted in fraud case 2003-08-07. Capell charged with 27 counts of wire fraud, eight counts of mail fraud and seven counts of money laundering. http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2003/08/04/daily37.html

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12. Mail Fraud And Misrepresentation United States. Postal Inspection Service. mail fraud and Misrepresentation. Title 18, United States Code. Section 1341. Frauds and swindles do, places in any post office or authorized depository http://www.twaze.com/the_zoo/mailfr.html

United States Postal Inspection Service Mail Fraud and Misrepresentation Title 18, United States Code Section 1341. Frauds and swindles Section 1342. Fictitious name or address Whoever, for the purpose of conducting, promoting, or carrying on by means of the Postal Service, any scheme or device mentioned in section 1341 of this title or any other unlawful business, uses or assumes, or requests to be addressed by, any fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address or name other than his own proper name, or takes or receives from any post office or authorized depository of mail matter, any letter, postal card, package, or other mail matter addressed to any such fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address, or name other than his own proper name, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Section 1345. Injunctions against fraud (a) If a person is - (A) violating or about to violate this chapter or section 287, 371 (insofar as such violation involves a conspiracy to defraud the United States or any agency thereof), or 1001 of this title; or (B) committing or about to commit a banking law violation (defined in section 3322(d) of this title), the Attorney General may commence a civil action in any Federal court to enjoin such violation.

13. Online Auction Seller Indicted On Mail Fraud Charges A former Blackstone, Massachusetts, woman was charged today in federal court with mail fraud in connection with her scheme to defraud unsuspecting purchasers http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y02/m05/i31/s01

Update NewsFlash Email: How did you hear? Home Forums Archives SEARCH ARCHIVES Use "and" or "+" between terms for more specific searches COOL TOOLS Calendar Collectors' Links Bookshelf Fraud Resources ... Classifieds AUCTIONBYTES Our Writers Write For Us Press Advertising ... Recommend! Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 327 - May 31, 2002 - ISSN 1539-5065 Online Auction Seller Indicted on Mail Fraud Charges By Ina Steiner AuctionBytes.com May 31, 2002 A former Blackstone, Massachusetts, woman was charged today in federal court with mail fraud in connection with her scheme to defraud unsuspecting purchasers through Internet auction sites. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Kenneth Jones, Postal Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in New England, announced today that Sharon Hunt, age 46, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, was charged in an indictment with fourteen counts of mail fraud. The indictment alleges that during a period commencing in approximately December 1998, Hunt offered items, usually computer laptops, for sale through Internet auction sites. Hunt instructed the winning bidders to forward payment for the advertised items to her mail box address in Massachusetts, at which time, she claimed, she would forward the purchased items. It is alleged that instead, Hunt collected the funds without ever forwarding the purchased items, and failed to refund any of the purchase monies except in one case where the victim threatened criminal action.

14. Mail Fraud - Here Comes Yet Another Shortsighted Plan To Bail Out The Postal Ser The House of Representatives this week approved legislation that allows the struggling U.S. Postal Service to pay less into a pension for its employees hired before 1984. In return, the Postal the Civil Service Retirement System, which covers mail carriers and staff hired before 1984, had http://slate.msn.com/id/2081430

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money document.write('') Web Search: logoImg("http://sc.msn.com"); Print E-mail Discuss Alerts ... About Us Search Slate Advanced Search moneybox Daily commentary about business and finance. Mail Fraud Here comes yet another shortsighted plan to bail out the Postal Service. By Daniel Gross Posted Friday, April 11, 2003, at 3:58 PM PT The House of Representatives this week approved legislation that allows the struggling U.S. Postal Service to pay less into a pension for its employees hired before 1984. In return, the Postal Service said it won't have to raise postage rates until 2006. Sounds like a good bargain, right? The accounting maneuver won't affect worker benefits; USPS saves $2.9 billion this year and many times that in years to come; and that stack of 37-cent stamps you just bought will good for another few years. But the deal, which has been approved by the Senate and is supported by the White House, is primarily a boon to junk mailers and magazine companies. And it is bad news for the taxpayer. For while it appears to relieve the Postal Service of certain burdens, it adds to the burgeoning federal deficit. And the bargain ignores a larger problem with the Postal Service's retirement planning that will require either vast rate increases or a taxpayer bailout in years to come. Continue Article Thanks to e-mail and electronic bill payment, the volume of six of the 10 classes of mail fell last year. The volume of first-class mail—your American Express payment, a letter to Aunt Sarah—has fallen for two straight years. Meanwhile, credit-card solicitations, catalogs, and magazines are on the rise: The bulk corporate mailers account for more than two-thirds of USPS mail.

15. Strategic Alliances And Cyber Tools Fight 21st Century Fraud will arrange to share appropriate consumer complaints from its mail fraud Complaint System; and Service has used our own mail fraud Complaint System to generate investigations http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/05/alliance.htm

For Release: May 5, 2000 Strategic Alliances and Cyber Tools Fight 21 ST Century Fraud The Council of Better Business Bureaus, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), and the Federal Trade Commission today announced a strategic alliance to help fight consumer fraud in the 21 st Century. The alliance features Consumer Sentinel, an investigative cyber tool and complaint database available to more than 240 law enforcement agencies in the U. S. and Canada. Today, the partners announced the following initiatives: More than 100 local Better Business Bureau offices have agreed to provide consumer complaint data; The U.S. Postal Inspection Service will arrange to share appropriate consumer complaints from its Mail Fraud Complaint System; and All fifty state Attorneys General have now signed up as members of the system. More than 100 organizations will now contribute data combined for use by 36 federal law enforcement organizations, 192 state and local fraud fighting agencies - including every state Attorney General in the nation - and 12 Canadian law enforcement entities. Consumer Sentinel, which has been online for over two years, grows out of a joint NAAG-FTC database project, and has been adding partners ever since. "Participating in Consumer Sentinel bolsters Better Business Bureau fraud prevention efforts," said Ken Hunter, president and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc., the umbrella organization for the nation's BBBs. "For decades, BBB reliability reports have alerted consumers to patterns of complaints against businesses that engage in mail or telemarketing fraud. But the BBB powers of voluntary self-regulation and consumer education don't always succeed in convincing scam artists to stop perpetrating fraud. Now, by feeding pertinent complaints to this unique database, BBBs will play an important role in helping government and law enforcement to shut down fraudulent operations."

16. Abuse Of Usenet: Cyberstalked Jayne Hitchock's battle with Usenet spammer Woodside Literary Agency began in 1996, and continued into 2002 with her cyberstalkers sentenced to prison and probation on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, perjury and making false statements to a federal officer. Hitchcock's site details the case from start to finish, and shows how it led to new laws making cyberstalking a criminal offense in New Hampshire (USA). http://www.jahitchcock.com/cyberstalked/

Abuse of Usenet: Cyberstalked How It All Began This will be updated as new information becomes available. It was last updated on 08 June 2004. A collection of related print articles, TV and radio shows on the web If you have been following this story, go directly to the most recent update. This story began in January of 1996 with an apparently innocuous, but inappropriate ad posted to the Usenet newsgroup misc.writing. The ad was for a literary agency (a company which would represent writers trying to find publishers). Literary representation is a legitimate business, but the ad was posted in a section of Usenet where ads are heavily frowned upon. Jayne Hitchcock, not knowing anything about this agency, telephoned Woodside and talked to "James Leonard," then sent in a book proposal. Within a week she got a response raving about her "professional" proposal and asking for a $75 reading fee. She knew this was not the norm for a literary agent. In fact, the AAR (Association of Authors' Representatives) prohibits any of its members from charging reading fees of any kind. Note: A checklist, canon of ethics and a list of member agents of AAR are available on their site.

17. David Duke Indicted On Mail Fraud, Tax Charges CNN http://cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/18/duke.indicted.ap/index.html

18. Former Louisiana Governor To Get New Trial On Some Mail Fraud Counts CNN http://cnn.com/2000/LAW/12/06/edwardscorruption.crim.ap/index.html

19. Federal Criminal Defense Attorney - Douglas C. McNabb mail fraud is the oldest form of fraud statutorily regulated and prosecuted by the federal government of white collar fraud, the objective of mail fraud is to accomplish a desired http://www.federalcrimes.com/mailfraud.htm

EXCLUSIVE ATTITUDE SERVICES NATIONWIDE ... THIS SITE BETTER IN FLASH MAIL FRAUD WHEN THE F.B.I. COMES CALLING... You may be charged with: Mail Fraud is the oldest form of fraud statutorily regulated and prosecuted by the federal government. Like other forms of white collar fraud, the objective of mail fraud is to accomplish a desired result by deception, trickery, concealment, and/or dishonesty, albeit through the use of the United States Mail Service or other private/commercial interstate carriers. Statutorily regulated since 1872, the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the authority of Congress to pass the statute. Interpretation of today's revised mail fraud statutes finds generally that four elements must be met for an individual or organization to be convicted of mail fraud. An Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) must present evidence that when submitted to a jury or judge would prove beyond a reasonable doubt: 1. That the defendant knowingly created a scheme to defraud; 2. that the defendant acted with the specific intent to defraud;

20. USAM 9-43.000 MAIL FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD 943.000 mail fraud AND WIRE FRAUD. 9-43.100 Fraud Prosecutions. 9-43.100 Prosecution Policy Relating to mail fraud and Wire Fraud. http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/43mcrm.htm

Department of Justice USAM Title 9 prev ... Criminal Resource Manual MAIL FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD Prosecution Policy Relating to Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud Statement of Policy concerning Venue in Mail Fraud Prosecutions 9-43.100 Prosecution Policy Relating to Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud Prosecutions of fraud ordinarily should not be undertaken if the scheme employed consists of some isolated transactions between individuals, involving minor loss to the victims, in which case the parties should be left to settle their differences by civil or criminal litigation in the state courts. Serious consideration, however, should be given to the prosecution of any scheme which in its nature is directed to defrauding a class of persons, or the general public, with a substantial pattern of conduct. See also USAM 9-85.210 (requires prior consultation with the Public Integrity Section to use the mail or wire fraud statutes in the prosecution of election fraud cases). Further guidance and legal analysis of issues surrounding the investigation and prosecution of frauds involving use of the mail or wire, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1341 and 1343 can be found in the Criminal Resource Manual: Investigative Authority Criminal Resource Manual at 939 18 U.S.C. Section 1341 Elements of Mail Fraud

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