Wednesday, October 6, 2004

Spam envelope-stuffing scam

A U.S. court has temporarily shut down an operation that <A HREF="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041005/tc_nm/tech_spam_dc">used spam email to drum up customers</A> for a fraudulent work-at-home scheme. Gregory Bryant and Nadira Bryant of Florida promised recipients of their unsolicited email that they would earn $4 for each envelope they stuffed and mailed as long as they paid $24.77 for a start-up kit. Those who paid for the kit instead got a CD-ROM explaining how to get others to pay money for an envelope-stuffing kit.

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