On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Beckie Pack wrote:
> I received one today from verisign. The sales letter looked like an
> invoice. My first thought was "oh no, everything's been sold and it now
> costs $30.00 bucks a year for a domain? ick!" but then I did some
> digging and inside verisign put a little piece of paper that doesn't
> automatically get pulled from the envelope unless you really look kind
> of saying that it is not an invoice.
>
> this is mail fraud. i know in some states you can sue telemarketers, can
> you sue for mail fraud?
It is VERY IMPORTANT that you report these to the U.S. Postal Service. If
nobody reports them, nothing will be done to stop the fraud. On the other
hand, the more legitimate complaints the U.S. Postal service receives, the
better the chance of prosecution.
Here is an excerpt from a message we sent to our customers a few weeks
ago:
These to be deceptive solicitations that appear to violate
U.S. Postal Regulations (see http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/c031.htm).
Residents of other countries should check with their local postal
service for possible similar regulations.
If you are a U.S. resident and receive one of these notices, we would
highly advise you to file an official complaint with the United States
Postal Inspection Service at
http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/MailFraudComplaint.htm
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