[wplug] Paper spam?

[Neal Sofge]

See <http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/12/elgordo.shtm>.


On Sep 10, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Larry Daberko wrote:

> This is a first for me... I got a snail mail about winning the  
> International lotto commission Promotion, which is identical to the  
> one I usually see in spam emails.  But this is an actual paper  
> letter postmarked Malaga (Spain?).  They even attempted to make it  
> look official, but I can see the cheap print job, but it might fool  
> an unsuspecting person.  Anybody else see this?
>
> As usual they ask for all your bank info and claim an advance fee  
> is required.  I'm wondering if this falls under some kind of fraud  
> under US mail regulations?
>
> LBD
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Neal Sofge, Web Technology Analyst
RAND Corporation <http://www.rand.org/>



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