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by nobody9999 1455 days ago
>I have the idea (maybe wrongly) that people don't often use the USPS for scams because committing fraud by mail is a federal crime, and the postal service actually has inspectors with police powers who don't fool around once they get on the scent.

Apparently, mail fraud[0] (via USPS) and wire fraud[1] (electronic communications) are both Federal felonies punishable by a fine and up to 20 years imprisonment.

Perhaps the difference would be FBI investigating instead of the postal inspectors?

More detail here[2].

N.B.: IANAL

[0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1341

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1343

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud