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Article #86499***WARNING***
From: Nick Liguori
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 00:00
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I am hear to day to offer a warning to anyone who has ever thought about responding to those adds that promise lots of money. I recently did that and was overrun with hate mail, threats, and the possibility of being disconnected from my internet provider. I have also learned that these plans are most likely illegal. I know that they all say that they are not, but you should check that out for your self. This was sent to me by one of the reply letters that I got. > This post violates U.S. mail fraud law (as well as the law of other > countries and the rules of most sites). It offers a prize (large > amounts of money) to individuals if they participate in accordance > with the message's terms. > However, the receipt of this prize is entirely dependent on the > participation of other individuals to whom the chain letter is sent. > Individuals have no control over who will participate in the future. > There is merely a chance or possibility that a sufficient number of > individuals will participate to guarantee payment of the prize. Payment > of a fee to the individuals already listed in the message is also > required. > Promoters of chain letters may claim they are legal in that they > provide a "report" or other items of alleged value to those > participants who pay the required fee. Providing such items does not > exempt the chain letter from being challenged under postal laws. > The relevant federal statute, 18 U.S.C. sec. 1343, reads as follows: > WHOEVER, HAVING DEVISED OR INTENDING TO DEVISE ANY SCHEME OR ARTIFICE > TODEFRAUD, OR FOR OBTAINING MONEY OR PROPERTY BY MEANS OF FALSE OR > FRAUDULENT PRETENSES, REPRESENTATIONS, OR PROMISES, TRANSMITS OR CAUSES > TO BE TRANSMITTED BY MEANS OF WIRE, radio, or television COMMUNICATION IN > INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE, ANY WRITINGS, signs, signals, pictures, > or sounds FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXECUTING SUCH SCHEME OR ARTIFICE, SHALL BE > FINED not more than $1,000 OR IMPRISONED not more than five years, or > both. If the violation affects a financial institution, such person > shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 > years, or both. [Emphasis added] Please take this to heart and donοΏ½t make the same mistake that I did.. Believe me you will regret it
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 11210c,7decf5c1554422f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid11210c,public X-Google-Thread: 111b8f,7decf5c1554422f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid111b8f,public X-Google-Thread: 10215c,7decf5c1554422f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10215c,public X-Google-Thread: fa94a,7decf5c1554422f,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfa94a,public X-Google-Thread: 107d8b,7decf5c1554422f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid107d8b,public X-Google-Thread: f5c9c,7decf5c1554422f,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf5c9c,public X-Google-Thread: 104f0f,7decf5c1554422f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid104f0f,public X-Google-Thread: 102172,7decf5c1554422f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid102172,public From: Nick Liguori <glassman@foothill.net> Subject: ***WARNING*** Date: 1996/12/07 Message-ID: <32A9E399.2AC8@foothill.net> X-Deja-AN: 203094389 cc: rick@foothill.net content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 organization: Foothill Net mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: a.bsu.programming,a2i.general,aaa.inu-chan,abq.misc,abulafia.general,abulafia.test,acadia.bulletin-board,acadia.chat,acc.sbell.usa-today.ads,acc.sbell.usa-oday.banks,acc.hp,acc.hp.wpost,acc.sbell,acc.sbell.usa-today,achilles,acs,acs.homenet,ab.general,ab.jobs,ab.politics,abg.gewerblich,abg.test,acs.test,air.unix,ak.test,alc.market,alc.test,alt.0d,alt.1d,alt.2600,alt.2600.hope,alt.2600.hope.announce,alt.2600.hope.d, x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I)