Indian woman sold for $4,810; Yahoo News, can this be legal??
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I'm sourthern Indian and I'm ashamed to say that the caste system stays alive and well here. (It's worse in the North with added problems.) Many of us throw all of these out and believe every human being is the same as the other. There is no 'low' and no 'high'. Consider this the same as racism. Most of them are not fortunate to break away from the caste system, because of the way they've been brought up -  to think that this is 'right'. It's going to take a very long time for India to turn around. Having said that, we've got lots of beauty in our people too and most of my friends have married people from other communities and inter-racially too :-) Of course, the whole bunch is judged by one bad apple. Pity, this opinion will stick, untill the entire problem goes away.
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Hrm...you just gave me a great idea.\n\nI wonder how many scatophiles out there would pay on e-bay for MY poopie panties!\n\nOn second thought, here's an interesting news tidbit:\n\nWednesday, July 10 2002, 14:09\n\nANDERSON, South Carolina - Mail workers in South Carolina discovered a "special" package which lead investigators to an internet business of selling soiled panties.\n\nChristine Vetter pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of selling her dirty underwear over the internet to make extra money. South Carolina U.S. Attorney Strom Thumond Jr. released a statement saying Vetter ran an internet business selling the items.\n\nVetter made approximately US $9,000 from November 2000 to March 2002 selling and mailing soiled underwear and other used feminine hygiene and used sex-related goods on the web site while studying at Clemson University.\n\nShe faces a $250,000 fine or 5 years in jail on charges of "mailing indecent and filthy substances."\n\nUS Postal agents decided to investigate further when they found a letter addressed to Vetter which stated that it contained child pornography. Upon opening the letter, no child pornography material was found. According to the contents of the letter, it appears to be a customer of the web site who was not satisfied with what he received from her.\n\nThe web site is not up anymore. (Zone81.com)\n-----\n\nAlso, as a separate issue, if YOU'RE the one who's planning to mail the poop to your prospective clients' enemies, then you're also guilty of another federal offense for harrassing somebody through the mail.
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If you are not an Officer, Director, or Holder of more than 10% of any of the companies stocks, and you did not recieve this information from an Officer, Director, or Holder of more than 10% of stock in one of the companies... then no what you are doing is perfectly legal.  It is only insider trading if you come into non publicly available information if it is something obtained as part of the preformance of your duties (ie. its your job to know about the sale)
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A lot - but all that glitters is not gold.  It sounds like a boiler room scam to me.  You need to know why this company's value is going to increase over only 5 days.  What is the business case ?  Who is the broker and what track record do they have ?  If they are not a large recognisable company the chances are it isn't legitimate.  \n\nThe answer is with a sale price of $1.50 that it would hypothetically yield 8,062.50 - $860 (money invested) =$ 7,202.50 but also transaction costs (say $30 to sell and buy)= \n\n= $7,142.50 profit.  However if you don't just lose your $860 I'll be very surprised.
395999
If that's the Mom's Work at Home affiliation, or MomsWork or something like that... it's a scam. They're probably going to try to get you to sell Melaleuca or vitamins or something like that.
96453
NO NO NO NO!!!\nDon't do it.  This is a very common scam called a "419" scam.  Do a google search for "419 scam" and you will find tons of information about it.  Once you have learned a little about them, a really funny site is 419eater.com.
129794
sell it 4 a fair price on ebay
805187
I saw an article that a woman was held on 1 million dollars bail for microwaving her baby. So for bail to be 1.5 million, I don't even want to imagine what crime someone would have to commit.
987252
To my knowledge it is not illegal but could be construed as a conflict of interest or witness coercion or tampering. If you have proof or reasonable suspicion,tell the lawyers involved. Peace.
1160880
$78    Want to sell it?
265184
Most if not all states have passed laws making it illegal to do so.  The political costs of selling personal information are too great for any state to do it.  I've linked examples from a couple of states.
891083
it's not breaking the law.\n\nit's kind-of well understood that different types of folks visit different types of web-sites. And some people buy things from one 'vendor' because the price is 'more', - so it must be better.\n\nThat's like taxing 'idiots' - and I'm all for that. And if the company get make more money of person 'A', then the can make less money on person 'B'.\n\nWhat the market will bear, - is my motto. And besides, they're not descriminating on age, gender, race, etc.
134503
no, only if you sell it it is illegal, otherwise your fine.
229657
I'm sure there is really no legal matter that you could persue, but you could bring it up to a higher power than the person that sent it to you. Cause that is not good customer service. They could decline you in  amuch nicer way.
787828
Ahh...the Nigerian scam. Actually, sometimes these people are prosecuted. I wouldn't make a HUGE deal out of it, since it would be a waste of your time. But you could forward it to authorities. \n\nThen delete it.
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It's not so much inherently illegal as it may be fraudulent business practices as applied.\n\nYour state attorney general is one option. The Federal Trade Commission is another. Outside the US, seek similar authorities.
405011
yes.  are you buying or selling. Let me know. bomareto@yahoo.com