But you could write letters (and later telegrams) anonymously around the world back then.
Online and offline is not the same.
Online and offline is not the same.
If you got caught you were done.
In a digital world we can combat such fraud in vastly different ways.
Obviously I mean any letter of substance where identification is a crucial factor. Not your anonymous love letters to your childhood sweetheart.
The GP comment was about the right toward anonymously sending telegrams and letters, then the response was about fraud, which makes no sense given the context of anonymity; you can't be fraudulently anonymous.
I must write you this letter to show you my burning eternal love since your 4th grade for legitimate, anonymous and encrypetd communication.
In shivers.
Your uncle.
Publius