Abstract
Mail fraud, the purchasing of items via mail order without paying for them, is a common mode of operation of modern day small time crooks. As a 21st century legal problem it is particularly associated with e-commerce.[1] It is not new however. Trawling through the pages of nineteenth century newspapers published in Apia, Samoa (South Pacific) in the course of research on various aspects of Samoan history,[2] brought to light an example of Alexander Pritchard, a European trader living in Samoa, defrauding the wine wholesaler Edward Patrick Fallon of Albury, NSW, Australia.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of South Pacific Law |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
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Spennemann, D. (2004). An Example of Mail Fraud in 19th Century Samoa. Journal of South Pacific Law, 8(2), 1-5.