How Pac-Net, and some of its customers, got caught in the U.S. governments web

The announcement made by the U.S. federal government in September 2016 was aimed at striking out at fraudulent “sweepstakes” mail schemes that send millions of letters to Americans annually, claiming they’ve won some sort of prize.
Sometimes the “prize” is money; other times its items like a house or a car. But to claim the prize, recipients of the mass mailings must send a cheque to cover “processing costs” or other fees. Very rarely are prizes ever awa