Tuesday, October 27, 2009

GOP caught committing mail fraud

Several years ago, Elizabeth Dole mailed out a Republican fundraising plea disguised as an urgent government letter. This letter literally threatened people into donating to the GOP (although it was mailed to folks who had no connection with the Republicans).

But since nobody prosecuted Dole for the mail fraud she committed, the national Republican Party knows it can do the same thing again.

Recently, countless people across America reported receiving what appeared to be an official letter from the U.S. Census Bureau. It's even labeled as an "official document" and includes a "census tracking code." But the letter was actually a GOP fundraising scam that made people believe they were required to fill it out.

Some folks weren't fooled. So they filled out the form with a bunch of joke answers and shoved a bunch of carpet fuzzes and other waste in the postage paid envelope to be mailed back.

If you receive this letter, it's mail fraud, and it's a crime. Report it immediately by visiting this website:

https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx

(Source: http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136679&catid=40)

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