# If this is a scam, is it more clever than it appears on the surface?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-this-is-a-scam-is-it-more-clever-than-it-appears-on-the-surface/495111 "2009-05-02T19:54:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-this-is-a-scam-is-it-more-clever-than-it-appears-on-the-surface/495111/21 "2009-05-04T00:30:51Z")

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> [@CookingWithGas](#):
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> BTW applicable only to stuff sent through USPS. If someone sends via FedEx or UPS this won’t apply, but I’m not sure what the rules would be in that case.

Good point!

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**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-this-is-a-scam-is-it-more-clever-than-it-appears-on-the-surface/495111/22 "2009-05-04T07:26:00Z")

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> [@Lakai](#):
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> Illegal in the sense that it would be illegal to make someone pay for an unsolicited package… I called and told them it was illegal for them to do this and they replied that it was ok since they weren’t located in New York. Did they just flat out lie to me?

Sure sounds like it.

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