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Mail Fraud
Mail Fraud is a legal concept in the U.S. that provides an enhanced penalty for any criminally fraudulent activity involving the United States Postal Service. This statute is often used as a basis for a separate federal prosecution of what would otherwise have been a violation of a state law alone.
There are numerous types of Mail Fraud. The following examples are among the most common.
Non-delivery or misrepresentation of mail-order merchandise exists in various forms: order an item, make payment, but receive nothing is the simplest form of mail fraud.
A number of schemes misrepresent the identity of the sender; the deliverance of forged documents or bogus requests for personal information has also been perpetrated by mail.
Bogus charities may solicit large sums of money in donations, but actually contribute a very small percentage (or even none at all) to the actual persons in need of assistance (if any).
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