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 ... EU Insists It Won't Regulate the Internet 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/

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4. Fraud - Prevention DVDs The use of the US Mail is what makes it mail fraud. Postal Inspectors baseinvestigations of mail fraud on the number, pattern, and substance of http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/welcome.htm

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6. Computer Seller Indicted In Fraud Case - 2003-08-07 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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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.)

9. Mail Fraud On-Line Complaint Form 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. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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11. National Credit Union Administration - News Recently, there have been multiple email fraud attempts, known as Phishing”,that were initiated via e-mail sent to both the general public and to some http://www.ncua.gov/Phishing/phishing.htm

NCUA Home Search Site Map Contact Us National Credit Union Administration Share Insurance Resources for Credit Unions Resources for Consumers News ... Search NCUA NCUA Home About NCUA NCUA Board and Actions Initiatives Access Across America PALS Financial Education Data and Services Credit Union Data FOM Internet Application Express Subscription Service NCUSIF Queries ... Downloadable Data, Images and Software Resources Administrative Orders, LUAs and Bonds Central Liquidity Facility Corporate Credit Unions Credit Union Development ... Share Insurance General Information Careers at NCUA Freedom of Information Act Legislation Other Resources ... Recently Posted Information Internet/E-Mail Fraud Alert Recently, there have been multiple e-mail fraud attempts, known as "Phishing”, that were initiated via e-mail sent to both the general public and to some credit union members that appeared to be from NCUA. This false e-mail asked for the recipient to click on a link to verify their credit union account registration. If the recipient proceeded to do so, the link directed them to a false website and asked for their credit union account number and PIN, along with other personal information. NCUA does not ask credit unions members for such personal information. Anyone who receives an e-mail that purports to be from NCUA and asks for account information should consider it to be a fraudulent attempt to obtain their personal account data for an illegal purpose and should not follow the instructions in the e-mail.

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13. US CODE: Title 18,CHAPTER 63—MAIL FRAUD CHAPTER 63—mail fraud. Release date 200408-06. § 1341. Frauds and swindles;§ 1342. Fictitious name or address; § 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup_01_18_10_I_20_63.html

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14. 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 60% off This will be updated as new information becomes available. It was last updated on January 10, 2005. 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.

15. Identity Theft And Identity Fraud such as identification fraud (18 U.S.C. 1028), credit card fraud (18 U.S.C. 1029), computer fraud (18 U.S.C. 1030), mail fraud (18 U http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

16. Mail Fraud BROTHERS IN FRAUD BY POST; Mail order companies targeted. (Birmingham Evening Mail Staff held on pounds 30m fraud plot; VETTING AT ROYAL MAIL LAX. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0002125.html

in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Daily Almanac for Sep 23, 2005 Skip Navigation Home Almanacs ... Word of the Day Editor's Favorites Hispanic Heritage Month Hurricane Katrina Daylight Saving Time Ramadan ... Texas Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map College Center Scholarship Search College Resources Career Center Job Search Post Your Resume Continuing Ed. more . . . 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.

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

18. United States Secret Service Advance Fee Fraud Advisory of Advance Fee Fraud is the fund transfer scam. In this scheme, a company or individual will typically receive an unsolicited letter by mail http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

19. USAM 9-43.000 MAIL FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD 943.100 Prosecution Policy Relating to mail fraud and Wire Fraud 9-43.300Statement of Policy concerning Venue in mail fraud Prosecutions 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

20. 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

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