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of* the automated e-mail programs, your ISP may shut you down. In addition, inserting a false return address into your solicitations, as some of the automated programs allow you to do, may land you in legal hot water with the owner of the address’s domain name. Several states have laws regulating the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail.
3 Chain letters: You’re asked to send
• a small amount of money ($5 to $20) to each of four or five names on a list, replace one of the names on the list with your own, and then forward the revised message via bulk e-mail. The letter may claim that the scheme is legal, that it’s been reviewed or approved by the government; or it may refer to sections of U.S. law that legitimize the scheme. Don’t believe it.
The scam: Chain letters-traditional or high-tech-are almost always illegal, and nearly all of the people who participate in them lose their money. The fact that a “product” such as a report on how to make money fast, a mailing list, or a recipe may be changing hands in the transaction does not change the legality of these schemes.
4 Work-at-home schemes: Envel•
ope-stuffing solicitations promise steady income for minimal labor, for example, you’ll earn $2 each time you
See SCAM, Page 10
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