Mailing a letter to England?

Oprah Winfrey and ABC's investigation team 20/20 prove mailing list really work re:making money $1 per letter?

• I recv'd letter via mail explaining Oprah her investigation team 20/20 proved that a 15 yr old boy could make $71,000 in just 5 wks & so could I! The 2nd page is a friendly letter advising that an attorney had been consulted to see if this were a legal way of pursuing money. With a few minor changes, the result was to mail a letter to the 6 people on the list stating "please add me to your mailing list" along with a $1.00 bill. 3rd page follows up w/typed personal testomonials along with some tips to make this work. 4th page dives into how this process of mailing list works and a set of instructions 1 thru 4 to be exact. At the end of this page Prepaid "R" US Communications Inc. is referenced by contact # & address and when you call you can get a website so that individuals may purchase labels. The last page indicates that this is 100% legal and safe according to title 18 section 1302,1342 & 1342 of the United States Postal Laws Title 18, sec 3005, in US code, also in code of federal regulations, Vol 16, sec 225 & 436 which states a product or service may be exchanged for money recieved. I am trying to find out of this was ever on the Oprah Winfrey Show or investigated by her 20/20 team members. I would like to get to the bottom of this to see if Oprah herself actually acknowledged this enough to have a show on it or if this is too good to be true. Thank you. Debra Sivalingam 714-402-5997

• Answer:

  If you'd bothered to check the cited laws, you would find them to be quite different than what it claims. Here's some proof that the letter is a scam: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/02/eileenspam1.shtm