Truth About SPAM laws in the USA

Sales people (and Chat Boxes) almost always get it totally wrong about spam being illegal in the USA.

It is NOT illegal to send unsolicited EMAIL offers … but only a fool will try to fool the public with any fradulent or deceitful offers.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE of the Can Spam Act  is to prevent fradulent or deceitful offers. Too bad it does not apply to politicians … but that is another battlefield.

In fact … according to the Can Spam Act … SPAM is NOT illegal in the USA … but any type of email fraud IS illegal!

Any email communication that is shown to be deceitful, fradulent, or deceitful in any way … IS ILLEGAL!

NOTE: The Can Spam Act applies to ALL emails whether they are Cold Call, Single Optin, or Double Optin. Therefore, just because someone opted in … the same Can Spam Act laws STILL APPLY … because opting-in does not then give the the email-sender the right to send any deceitful or fradulent emails!

However, only a fool would violate the rules and guidelines set forth in the Can Spam Act … because there can be some severe penalties for attempts to deceive and defraud the public.

The judicial system knows that there are some legitimate, helpful offers that the public would not otherwise discover  without receiving email advertising from advertisers who find them.

It is NOT the business of government to restrict the free flow of information and opportunity between businesses and potential customers.

Here is a simple analogy. If a business sends an email offer to customers who can buy a goose that lays golden eggs … that is fine … but NOT if the goose lays rotten eggs when it arrives.

Here is a very nice link with simple explanations about spam and cold emails (by Derek Smith). I highly recommend that email senders review this article … because there are too many uneducated sales people who constantly get it wrong when asked about US Can-Spam policies.

It is totally wrong to tell a potential customer that ANY type of unsolicited email is illegal because such emails are  illegal SPAM. It is ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE that any type of unsolicited email is wrong.l

But … emails designed to trick or deceive a potential customer ARE ALWAYS WRONG and ALWAYS ILLEGAL SPAM.

And … no matter how truthful and sincere an email marketer is … the intended recipient may not like golden eggs, golden omelets, and may be allergic goose feathers.

Always tell the email recipient who you are, where you are, and how to unsubscribe from any of your future emails.

See also:  LEGAL  page on this website.