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Spammer, Anti-Spammer Involved In
Lawsuit Will Hold Public Debate
Spammer, Anti-Spammer Involved In
Lawsuit Will Hold Public Debate
05/20/2004 11:41 PMJulian Haight, the founder of anti-spam service SpamCop, and Scott
Richter, the founder of spamming service OptInRealBig, are currently
in the middle of a fairly nasty
legal
battle over whether or not SpamCop can block OptIn's spam. Still,
the two have
agreed to appear together in public and debate the topic.
Both of their lawyers say that the debate will avoid the issue of the
lawsuit, but as the article points out, that seems unlikely. The
thing is, in listening to what both sides have said over the years,
you already know what they're going to say in this debate - and
they're talking at cross purposes. The spammers focus on their right
to make money, while everyone else talks about their right to be left
alone. The problem with the spammers' position is that they
don't have the right to make money. They have the right to
try to make money, but if it involves pissing everyone off, and
everyone decides to create and use filters to make email bearable
again - then that's their right too.
Spammer sues anti-spammer for $4 million
Spammer sues anti-spammer for $4 million
03/17/2005 02:53 AMIn a story of simple solutions thrown by the wayside, a company is
suing an Oklahoma City man for defamation and other damages after he
took his personal quest to stop their spamming to the web.
Spammer Bankrupted by Anti-Spammer Suits
Spammer Bankrupted by Anti-Spammer Suits
03/29/2005 05:27 PMLinux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of
Linux Today
Linux Today Founder Calls for Boycott of
Linux Today
06/04/2004 05:28 PMYou might be a spammer if...
You might be a spammer if...
01/19/2004 01:54 PMHow would you complete this sentence:
You might be a spammer if
...A pox on your house, Spammer
A pox on your house, Spammer
11/11/2003 10:18 PM Spammers strike
back? Well then call this
return of the
Webmaster Jedi. As a blogger and domain owner, I am sick of
waking up to fifty new comments, all of which are spam for something
of dubious legality. The fine folks at Kalsey are angry too. And
they declared war.
Lots of people stood up
and took notice. What can you do to help stop this infestation?
Blacklists and Bayesian
filtering come to mind...
(Via
Smart Mobs)
Spammer Gets Nine Years
Spammer Gets Nine Years
04/10/2005 05:16 AMtalkleft
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Spammer Apologizes
Spammer Apologizes
06/15/2004 11:32 AMThe Life of a Spammer
The Life of a Spammer
12/14/2003 02:47 PMAn anonymous reader writes "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an
interesting article today about the life of a "small time" spammer. It
is interesting to ...
Why you might be an unwitting spammer
Why you might be an unwitting spammer
05/27/2004 03:22 PMContinuing in my quest for a spam-free mailbox, I have become more and
more interested in the way(s) spammers collect their victim's
addresses. In fact, I routinely receive junk mail in various languages
I don't even understand (Chinese, German, Korean, Brazilian, and God
knows what else), let alone having any relationship whatsoever with
those countries. So I started thinking how the heck some email
addresses of mine ended up in those spamming lists.
Spammer discussion
Spammer discussion
01/12/2004 01:53 AMBlog and guestbook spammers are discussing spam techniques in this
Usenet thread found by Andy
Baio.
It’s an interesting read. One of the main characters is a
moron who shows his ignorance at every turn. There are many claims
that what they are doing is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). There
are legitimate SEO companies, and there are guys like these. If you
are hiring a SEO company, make sure you know what techniques they are
using or you might end up with a site marketed in the same manner as
the porn and prescription drug schemes they are discussing.
They also linked to my AP News
article on spam. So they know we’re watching.
Spammer caught in the Act!
Spammer caught in the Act!
04/09/2004 04:00 PMEntertaining read on the capture of a 419 e-mail spammer caught in the
act. It is a bit dramatic but...
Spammer jailed
Spammer jailed
06/24/2004 01:04 PMRalph W. Reid (Jun 23 2004)
Spammer tells all!
Spammer tells all!
06/22/2004 07:49 AMHow much money would you have to make a month to become a troll and
become a spammer. Rego Zenger has an interesting article on how much
money a spammer actually made as the spammer explains the process on
the trials and tribulations of sending spam to 100's of thousands of
people. [rejo.zenger.nl]<
/p>
Wi-Fi Spammer busted!
Wi-Fi Spammer busted!
09/08/2004 01:30 AMDirect and Related Links for 'Wi-Fi Spammer
busted!'
In a mix of true detective work and a little high tech knowhow, a
Wi-Fi spammer is caught while sending out pornographic spam over an
open wireless access point. The one thing that caught my eye is there
is really nothing explaining how the perpetrator was caught in the
first place. Is this to be kept as a well guarded secret?…
Wi-Fi Spammer Gets Busted
Wi-Fi Spammer Gets Busted
09/07/2004 12:32 PMA spammer in California has been accused of driving around looking for
un-secured hotspots and sending spam from the open connections: The
original story here is one of those infuriating reads that doesn't
mention how the guy got caught. It seems that historically people who
have gotten caught for improperly using hotspots have done so by being
stupid or unlucky. It's otherwise difficult to track someone down
especially if they move around a lot looking for insecure hotspots....
Spammer Tricks
Spammer Tricks
12/02/2002 07:24 PMJohn Graham has posted about some recent spammer tricks that he
is working to address in the next release of POPFile....
The Phillies Spammer
The Phillies Spammer
01/04/2005 08:49 AMTrial begins for Phillies fan accused of e-mail
hacking: Being a crazy sports fan is one thing. Spoofing the
email address of area sportwriters and spamming everyone, apparently,
is not.
But yesterday, Carlson sat alone in a federal courtroom in
Philadelphia, the accused boo-bird who hijacked the e-mail addresses
of area sportswriters and sent out tens of thousands of anti-Phillies
cyber-rants in their names.
"Like a lot of people, he was not happy about the fact that the
Phillies were not winning," Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael L. Levy
said in his opening statement to the jury. "But Mr. Carlson... decided
to do something more. He launched an electronic attack against the
Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Newspapers Inc."
They're charging him with identify theft under federal law. He
sent 100,000 emails, one of which resulted in 60,000 bounces to a
local sports columnist.
A Day In The Life Of A Spammer
A Day In The Life Of A Spammer
08/21/2004 01:11 PMPop-Up ad Spammer fights FCC
Pop-Up ad Spammer fights FCC
12/11/2003 12:04 PMThe very unethical company D Squared Solutions is suing the FCC after
the FCC shut them down for sending unsolicited...
AOL spammer lawsuit thrown out
AOL spammer lawsuit thrown out
01/06/2004 02:26 PMPersonal Computer World Jan 6 2004 1:47PM ET
Top Spammer Gets 9 Years in Prison
Top Spammer Gets 9 Years in Prison
04/08/2005 02:42 PMA Virginia judge has sentenced spammer Jeremy Jaynes to nine years in
prison for sending over 10 million e-mails a day with the aid of 16
broadband lines. Because the case marks the first felony prosecution
for spam, however, Judge Thomas Horne postponed the sentence while the
ruling is appealed.
Spammer sentenced to 7 years
Spammer sentenced to 7 years
05/31/2004 03:25 PMNews.com.au - Fri May 28, 01:35 am GMT
Confession For Two: A Spammer Spills it
All
Confession For Two: A Spammer Spills it
All
06/21/2004 06:51 PMInterview With A Email Spammer
Interview With A Email Spammer
06/16/2004 07:47 PM"I was at a party and ran into a guy who said he was a programmer.
After more discussion he said he was doing email marketing. Digging
deeper, he admitted being a spammer. So I really picked his brain and
it was rather interesting, so I thought I'd share it with you."
Microsoft slams another spammer
Microsoft slams another spammer
07/16/2004 06:41 AMComputer Buyer Jul 16 2004 10:54AM GMT
SMS Spammer Pleads Unfairness
SMS Spammer Pleads Unfairness
04/06/2005 06:48 AMAn online car buying service in Australia was
fined this
week for sending out a ton of SMS text spam to mobile phones. The
company apparently went through classified ads in newspapers to
collect phone numbers, which they then spammed. While the company in
question initially apologized for the spamming and said it was an
"honest mistake," it's beginning to sound like that apology wasn't so
sincere. The company is now hitting back that the anti-spam law
is unfair to smaller companies, because it takes
away this particular way to annoy people -- while larger companies can
still use telemarketers to annoy users in a different (but similar)
way. Of course, all this really suggests is that Australia needs to
do a better job stopping unwanted telemarketing also. The spammers
have clearly missed the point. It doesn't matter whether others are
allowed to do similarly annoying practices. It's that such
unsolicited interruptions are a real nuisance to people no matter who
they're from or what format they happen to arrive in.
Unrepentant spammer to carry on, within
the law
Unrepentant spammer to carry on, within
the law
12/30/2003 05:12 PMCNET Dec 30 2003 4:10PM ET
Interview with a Comment Spammer
Interview with a Comment Spammer
02/01/2005 09:08 PM
Interview with a link spammer: The economics will always drive
spam. Until people stop buying and clicking, spam will keep
coming.
For that's what Sam does, pretty much all day long. [...] he says
he can earn seven-figure sums doing this. Sam is a link spammer. He's
unapologetic about it. Skilled in Perl, LWP and PHP, Sam's first
professional programming was done aged 13, when he sold some code to a
gaming company.
Ddos'ed by comment spammer
Ddos'ed by comment spammer
11/10/2003 11:11 PMNow I have experienced being taken off the net by a comment spammer.
Some lame ass trying to advertise his prono-site attacked my server
with...
MS wins $4m from spammer scammmer
MS wins $4m from spammer scammmer
07/16/2004 11:52 AMThe Register Jul 16 2004 3:46PM GMT
Text Spammer Gets Injunction, But Will
It Help?
Text Spammer Gets Injunction, But Will
It Help?
08/30/2004 02:41 AMLots of folks are picking up on the story that a man accused by
Verizon Wireless of sending text message spam has received
a permanent injunction against sending SMS text message
spam to mobile phones. However, the more important part is
whether or not it matters. The guy in question seems to have
disappeared. It's barely mentioned in the article, but he didn't show
up at the hearing at all, and the article suggests his last known
address is not valid. Basically, it sounds like the guy skipped town,
or at the very least, didn't care enough to show up for a case against
him. It seems unlikely he's going to let a random judge tell him to
stop sending SMS spam.
US to clamp down on 'pop-up' spammer
US to clamp down on 'pop-up' spammer
11/07/2003 03:11 AMiafrica.com Nov 7 2003 2:07AM ET
'Nigerian' Spammer Arrested
'Nigerian' Spammer Arrested
11/06/2003 09:34 PMSlashdot Nov 6 2003 8:21PM ET
Other News: Spammer Story
Other News: Spammer Story
08/04/2004 10:03 AMThe FTC set its sights on Creaghan A. Harry, said to be one of the top
ten spammers in the world.
"Nigerian" Spammer Arrested
"Nigerian" Spammer Arrested
11/06/2003 05:04 PMOther News: Spammer Suit
Other News: Spammer Suit
07/14/2004 10:04 AMMassachusetts goes after a Florida spammer with a civil suit filed
under the CAN-SPAM act.
WiFi Spammer Caught
WiFi Spammer Caught
09/07/2004 03:08 AM
While we keep hearing scary, scary stories about how open WiFi access
points would allow spammers and virus writers to send out their evil
payloads with
no
chance of getting caught, it looks like reality has struck again.
Back in June we noted that an open WiFi extortionist was
caught
using typical detective methods (and a good helping of stupid
criminal behavior), and now Security Focus has the story of a
plea deal
for a WiFi spammer in California, who drove around Venice,
California with a WiFi-enabled laptop sending out porn spam via open
WiFi connections. What the article
doesn't say is how the guy
got caught. After all these stories about how it would be absolutely
impossible to catch WiFi spammers, it seems we have pretty good proof
that's not true. It's just that investigators have to use other,
traditional detective means to track them down.
Alleged spammer strikes again?
Alleged spammer strikes again?
11/03/2003 01:03 AMZDNet Australia Nov 3 2003 0:25AM ET
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