The word from the US Postal Service is: According to 18 USC sec 1302 (the Postal Lottery Laws always quoted in these letters) , if the letter asks you to send money someplace and says that you'll make a big return on it by forwarding the letter, it's illegal. Doesn't matter if there's a product for sale or not - if it asks you to send money and promises you'll get money back it'll illegal. Also, if it's a "send a postcard and you'll get back a thousand postcards" it's legal (no $$$ changing hands and a postcard has no real value according to law). 18 USC 1341 (or 1342 - I can't remember) says that causing this mail to be sent is illegal - you don't have to send it yourself... Fines range from $1000 to $1,000,000 and jail time from 30 days to 30 years.
> ---------- > From: Tommy Lakofski[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 8:44 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Get Your Mailbox Stuffed with CASH for the Holidays! > > Isn't some division of the FBI interested in this kind of crapola? > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
