topher@cyb-eng.UUCP (Topher Eliot) (04/20/84)
I read somewhere that the laws against mail fraud had been beefed up to make them more practically enforceable, and that the U.S. Postal service inspectors were anxious to use them. So I would say turn over anything you get that seems funky to your local postmaster. I even saw an ad in the paper from the Postal Service saying they were anxious to help. (Specifically, I think the law now requires that anybody who offers something for sale through the mail must also provide it at the same price if you knock on their door with cash in hand. This means the postal guys don't have to wait for weeks to prove that the stuff is junk or non-existent. Also, the courts can now issue permanent injunctions against people telling them never to sell miracle carburetors UNDER ANY NAME OR COMPANY NAME, FROM ANY ADDRESS. They can still change P.O. boxes and start selling baldness cures, but pretty soon they'll be put out of that business, and pretty soon they'll be out of profitable businesses. It used to be they just had to change company names, get a P.O. box down the road, and continue selling miracle carburetors.) Cheers, Topher Eliot Cyb Systems, Austin, TX ihnp4!ut-sally!cyb-eng!topher