MMF Illegal Here

This table is a *a very incomplete* list of the countries in which Make Money Fast
and Chain Letter schemes are known to be illegal (note: this applies only to Chain Letters which purport to make the perpetrator money or other gain - plain old chain letters such as the ones purporting to be bad luck if you don't pass them on, etc., are often times still legal, although still a huge nuisance.)
Criteria for inclusion on this list is a legal pointer,
or two or more individual reports that MMF is illegal in that country

If you know of any discrepancies on this list, please email me corrective data
Country	Pointer(s) to Law(s)
Australia	Commonwealth Trade Practices Act
Austria	§168 Bst.Axx Strafgesetzbuch (Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria (RIS) ) use the search function "Gesamtabfrage", activate "Bundesrecht (BND)" at the next page and enter the keyword (Suchworte) "Pyramidenspiel".
Belgium	(no pointer yet)
Canada	Excerpt from Canadian Competition Act
Denmark	(no pointer yet)
Finland	(Rough Translation) The police department of the ministry of the interior has a page up where they discuss chain letters.: "MONEY COLLECTION LETTERS ARE ILLEGAL"...
France	(no pointer yet)
Great Britain	http://194.128.65.3/si/si1997/97003101.htm http://www.coi.gov.uk/coi/depts/GTI/coi7823d.ok http://www.dti.gov.uk/cacp/ca/trading.htm
Germany	http://www.gesetze.2me.net/uwg_/uwg_0009.htm
Holland	(no pointer yet)
Hong Kong	(no pointer yet)
Iceland	(no pointer yet)
Ireland	(no pointer yet)
Israel	(no pointer yet)
Japan	(no pointer yet)
Malaysia	excerpt from law
New Zealand	http://www.consumer-ministry.govt.nz/pyramid.html
Norway	http://www.lovdata.no/all/tl-19950224-011-4.html#16 § 16. Luck chains and similar affairs It is illegal to create or participate in pyramid games, luck chains,, chain businesses or similar schemes wherein money or other valuables are gradually exchanged within an indefinite circuit of persons. § 17. Punishment Whoever willfully or by neglect breaks requirements given in this law, or prescriptions or requirements given by the authority of the law, is punished with fines or prison up to three months. Participation is punished in the same way. Attempt is punished the same as completed crime.
Singapore	Reports of such offences can be lodged with the Police at the Commercial Crime Division,CID. The law can be found in the Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Selling (prohibition ) Act (Chapter 190) a copy of which can be bought from the SNP Corporation Ltd 303 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 347692 and 8 Shenton Way # B1-07, Temasek Tower Singapore 068811.
Sweden	excerpt from law The URL for the full text of the law is http://www.notisum.se/rnp/sls/lag/19941000.HTM
United States of America	US Postal Inspectors' Service Page More information

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