I’ve written a book about someone I was in a relationship with several years ago. It’s not a very complimentary book about this person but it’s not a hit job either. I simply relate events as they occurred. This person is now a celebrated person in her niche little community and admittedly I’m not very fond of this person. I want to mail a copy of the book to a few of her friends with her return address on the package instead of mine. I’d probably put a Post-it note on the actual book that said “Someone has written a book about me! Enjoy!”
Granted, it wouldn’t be the nicest thing I’ve ever done. People do deserve to understand who the person actually is. But would sending this book from her local post office with her return address constitute mail fraud? Please advise. Thanks.
It seems to me that long as no actual deceit is intended, you would be fine in putting a return address other than your own on the package. However you seem to want people to believe the subject of your book sent it to the recipient. This to me does seem to constitute fraud. Again, I am not a lawyer, I pulled this opinion out of my ass, but I agree with everyone else that it’s a dick move.