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To: 216SI who wrote (1707)5/4/1999 3:23:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 3795
 
As people have posted, there are gullible people in this world.

But surely not on the web!

Passing yourself off as a law enforcement officer is definitely illegal. But the term "investigator" is broad enough to encompass private and public, and virtually anybody.

I could probably register a company as "New Jersey Investigators" (depends on their state law, but probably not illegal) and say perfectly legally that "I'm an investigator with New Jersey Investigations."
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