Xref: utzoo news.admin:2437 news.config:650 misc.legal:4975 Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!pyramid!oliveb!ames!ncar!gatech!bbn!bbn.com!mesard From: mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.config,misc.legal Subject: Re: INDISCRIMINANT POSTING BY JJ@CUP.PORTAL.COM Message-ID: <25292@bbn.COM> Date: 2 Jun 88 13:51:27 GMT References: <6081@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@bbn.COM Distribution: usa Lines: 25 From article <6081@cup.portal.com>, by Patrick_A_Townson@cup.portal.com: > The key to a lawful mail order solicitation is -- > Make no promises you do not intend to keep. > Make no false representation about what it is you are selling. > If collecting for charity, (even yourself as the recipient), do not > misrepresent how the money is to be spent. So if JJ *really* is a college student and *really* is in financial straits, then he didn't break any laws. Otherwise, it's mail fraud. Right? Now ask yourself, folks: What do you think the odds are that either of the those assertions is true? That number again: Postal Inspector Lincoln, NE 68505 -- unsigned *Wayne_Mesard(); MESARD@BBN.COM BBN Labs, Cambridge, MA "Republicans know they're not smart. What they do is try to get attention." -Mass. Senate President William Bulger.