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Now, wikipedia may not be right, but I imagine there's been plenty of effort by legally knowledgeable people to define "Fraud" well. First statement in https:/
by blunte 7y ago
Now, wikipedia may not be right, but I imagine there's been plenty of effort by legally knowledgeable people to define "Fraud" well.
First statement in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud :
"In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right."
And later, a clarification:
"the requisite elements of fraud as a tort generally are the intentional misrepresentation or concealment of an important fact upon which the victim is meant to rely, and in fact does rely, to the harm of the victim."
By your definitions, most businesses would be committing "fraud". Many, many, many companies have multiple emails, multiple phone numbers, even multiple mailing boxes that may all be handled by one person but which serve to filter and separate incoming contacts and certainly also present a level of professionalism that some customers find comforting.
And what about companies that have the same service but present it differently (to look niche or specific) to different audiences via different websites? Are they being fraudulent by making their potential customers feel uniquely served?
There are so many more examples I could bring up related to marketing, presentation, etc.