Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 325.005 · Chapter 325. INTERNET FRAUD
TRANSMISSION OF FRAUDULENT ELECTRONIC MAIL PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may not, with the intent to engage in conduct involving the fraudulent use or possession of identifying information, send or cause to be sent to an electronic mail address held by a resident of this state an electronic mail message that:
(1) is falsely represented as being sent by a legitimate online business;
(2) refers or links the recipient to a web page that is represented as being associated with the legitimate online business; and
(3) directly or indirectly induces, requests, or solicits the recipient to provide identifying information for a purpose that the recipient believes is legitimate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.325.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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