olaf
Thu 31 May 2007, 12:08 pm GMT +0200
A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276573,00.html
designer
Thu 31 May 2007, 12:45 pm GMT +0200
This is probably the best news I heard this week...
olaf
Thu 31 May 2007, 12:47 pm GMT +0200
yeah, I guess I got thousands of his spammy mail the last years
Nikolas
Thu 31 May 2007, 04:27 pm GMT +0200
Interesting news. Anyone knows what kind of spam he was sending?
GiorgosK
Thu 31 May 2007, 05:05 pm GMT +0200
The poor guy I say,
Why don't they arrest all those companies that send us all this junk in our mail (not email) everyday ?
On top of that they waste so much paper, moving of bytes around is probably safer for our planet.
Just a thought
Meth0d
Thu 31 May 2007, 05:47 pm GMT +0200
still, what he was doing is highly illegal and unethical.. i say good riddens, now lets wait on the other 9 to go down shall we? :P
olaf
Thu 31 May 2007, 06:31 pm GMT +0200
The poor guy I say,
Why don't they arrest all those companies that send us all this junk in our mail (not email) everyday ?
On top of that they waste so much paper, moving of bytes around is probably safer for our planet.
Just a thought
I guess email spam is much more evil, you need to invest a lot time to protect yourself against spam. Just imagine if someone is sending spam via YOUR (not so save) contact form :)
olaf
Thu 31 May 2007, 06:32 pm GMT +0200
... because of e-mail spam a lot of your (serious) web based emails are going into junk mail boxes, really bad for your internet business ;)
GiorgosK
Thu 31 May 2007, 06:54 pm GMT +0200
SO this is really my problem or my hosting provider's fault for not having a secure contact form
but I do understand what you are saying, it was more a philosophical conversation that I was starting
olaf
Thu 31 May 2007, 07:13 pm GMT +0200
SO this is really my problem or my hosting provider's fault for not having a secure contact form
but I do understand what you are saying, it was more a philosophical conversation that I was starting
I think you're not wrong but this guy is judged twice for several millions and I'm not the guy who close his door, but he is a bad man on the net...
purple
Thu 26 June 2008, 02:01 am GMT +0200
I read the story, being a spammer is the least of the charges levied against him, he is accused of mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering as well.
aggron
Mon 1 September 2008, 07:51 pm GMT +0200
Good riddance . Though , I certainly doubt spam will go down . But , since when is sending spam a punishable offense ? .
trelog
Sat 4 October 2008, 12:10 pm GMT +0200
I read that story too---it's good that they nailed him. I guess most of us received junk in our boxes thanks to him.
john.smit00
Mon 23 February 2009, 10:39 am GMT +0100
woah, some kindof attention seeekerhuh
olaf
Mon 23 February 2009, 12:03 pm GMT +0100
woah, some kindof attention seeekerhuh
I see... do you noticed that there is no link for you?