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Are scams thru US MAIL frauds??

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If a scam is conducted via e-mails but payments or checks and other contacts made by mail, doesn't that make it MAIL FRAUD and subject to federal enforcement??

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by techexec2

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A scam involving e-mail and postal mail would be both mail fraud and wire fraud.

Mail fraud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_fraud

Wire fraud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_fraud

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