Sources

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Ep382 Mail Fraud Sources:

Lucy:

https://www.mololamken.com/knowledge-What-Exactly-Is-the-Crime-of-Mail-Fraud

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mail_fraud

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wirefraud.asp#:~:text=Key%20Takeaways-,Wire%20fraud%20is%20a%20type%20of%20fraud%20that%20involves%20the,or%20SMS%20and%20text%20messaging.

https://www.uspis.gov/tips-prevention/mail-fraud

https://www.la-criminal-defense.com/mail-fraud

https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-charges/mail-fraud.html#:~:text=Federal%20mail%20fraud%20charges%20have,fraud%20into%20organized%20crime%20cases.

https://www.usestable.com/blog/usps-facts

https://facts.usps.com/fun/

https://web.archive.org/web/20180813194756/

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/07/investigates/maria-duval-psychic-scam-invs/index.html

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/canadian-man-sentenced-operating-175m-psychic-mass-mailing-fraud-scheme

https://web.archive.org/web/20180813193257/

https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/24/news/psychic-maria-duval-chapter-one/index.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20180813194141/

https://money.cnn.com/2016/03/09/news/psychic-maria-duval-chapter-three/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/15/canada-con-man-psychic-fraud-sentenced

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canadian-man-prison-fake-psychic-fraud-1.7177217

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/24/mail-that-baby-a-brief-history-of-kids-sent-through-the-u-s-postal-service/

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/behind-the-badge-case-histories-thefts-robberies-and-burglaries/mid-flight-theft

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/20/patrice-runner-psychic-scam-convicted/?_pml=1

https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/fake-psychic-patrice-runner-faces-280-years-in-prison-for-mail-fraud-scheme/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/world/maria-duval-scam-criminal-action-invs/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Duval

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/24/mail-that-baby-a-brief-history-of-kids-sent-through-the-u-s-postal-service/

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/behind-the-badge-case-histories-thefts-robberies-and-burglaries/mid-flight-theft

 

Amanda:

https://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/12/23/mf.ponzi.scheme/

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/20/1150332566/charles-ponzi-financial-scam

https://www.investopedia.com/who-is-charles-ponzi-5216783

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon

https://web.archive.org/web/20110623060130/

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930255,00.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ponzi