[cumbria_lug] Proposal for dealing with spam

[Steve Turner]

At 16:18 08/04/2004, you wrote:
>Michael Saunders wrote:
>
>>Now, the problem is: how do you know when someone buys from a spammer?
>>The trick here would be for law enforcement agencies to send out fake
>>spam, and fine those attempting to buy. The fines would only be very
>>small -- say, 50 quid or so -- but enough to act as a deterrent.
>
>The problem would be enforcement, and I don't know if this suggestion 
>would be legal. I'm not a lawyer (I just work out their bills) but I 
>*think* it's illegal for law enforcement officers to set someone up to do 
>something illegal, then arrest them for doing it.

I believe it's called Entrapment.  While I don't think it's technically 
illegal in the UK, it is in a number of other countries, the US being one 
of them I think.

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Steve