MS wins $4m from spammer scammmer

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Florida Wins Spammer Injunction

Florida Wins Spammer Injunction 04/13/2005 04:36 AM
Florida prosecutors have been granted an injunction against two men accused of running mass e-mailing operations, in what is the state's first victory against spam. The move will prevent Scott Filary, 25, and Donald Townsend, 34, both of Tampa, from sending deceptive e-mails. It's the first to be granted under an anti-spam law passed in the state last year.

The pair are accused of sending more than 65,000 e-mails, with misleading subjects and disguised origins, and Charlie Crist, attorney general, said links took recipients to sites engaged in fraud or illegal activities like selling pharmaceutical drugs or cigarettes online.

Anti-spam laws in Florida allow for a fine of up to $500 per e-mail sent - making the two accused liable for a fine of up to $24 million.

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Symantec wins $3m from infamous spammer

Symantec wins $3m from infamous spammer 12/24/2003 05:22 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 24 2003 4:08AM ET

Microsoft Wins $3.95 Million from
Spammer

Microsoft Wins $3.95 Million from
Spammer 07/17/2004 09:44 AM

Microsoft Wins $4 Million From Spammer

Microsoft Wins $4 Million From Spammer 07/15/2004 08:36 PM
Microsoft has apparently won a $4 million judgment against a spammer. The interesting part, though, is that the legal issue wasn't the spamming, but "trademark infringement, false advertising and cybersquatting." The spam in question apparently advertised a toolbar that claimed to keep Microsoft Windows updated. The article doesn't say what kind of spyware the product actually was (but, you have to assume it was spyware). Though, it may be difficult to collect, Microsoft claims that it's already taken in approximately $54 million from the various spam cases it's been winning. While that's pocket change for Microsoft, that's still a pretty good chunk of change. Maybe there's a business model in really suing spammers after all.

Spammer Wins Restraining Order Against
SpamCop

Spammer Wins Restraining Order Against
SpamCop 05/11/2004 07:36 PM
A couple weeks back we wrote about how Scott Richter, who runs the well known spam operation OptInRealBig was suing SpamCop for damaging his reputation. Now, a court has issued a temporary restraining order against SpamCop saying they cannot send complaints about OptInRealBig to other ISPs and says they cannot make anonymous complaints. The restraining order is only good until May 20th, when SpamCop will respond in court - so it's not a huge deal since it's for so short a time period. However, the anonymity question is a bit one, since many people use SpamCop to report spam assume they are reporting spam anonymously. Again, like other cases, I wonder why SpamCop/IronPort could possibly be at fault. They're only making it easier to report potential spam. The people actually doing the reporting are the ones who are actually accusing OptIn of anything - which is probably why OptIn wants them revealed as well.

Verizon wins injunction against text
spammer

Verizon wins injunction against text
spammer 08/30/2004 09:59 AM
The individual allegedly barraged Verizon customers with spam that advertised home loans and adult Web sites

News: Microsoft Wins $4 Million in
Spammer Law Suit

News: Microsoft Wins $4 Million in
Spammer Law Suit 07/16/2004 01:57 PM
Overclockers Club Jul 16 2004 6:16PM GMT

Wireless Carrier Wins Legal Injunction
Against RI-based Wireless Spammer

Wireless Carrier Wins Legal Injunction
Against RI-based Wireless Spammer 08/30/2004 08:39 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Aug 30 2004 1:15PM GMT

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 PM
Julian 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 AM
In 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 PM

'Assassins' Wins 3 Tonys; 'Wicked' Wins
2 (AP)

'Assassins' Wins 3 Tonys; 'Wicked' Wins
2 (AP) 06/06/2004 08:27 PM
AP - "Assassins," Stephen Sondheim's sardonic musical about presidential killers, picked up three Tonys Sunday, including one for Michael Cerveris, who portrays John Wilkes Booth in the show.

West Ham Footballer Matthew Etherington
Wins the CelebPoker.com Classic - No
Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Poker - Teddy
Sheringham Wins Free Roll Tournament

West Ham Footballer Matthew Etherington
Wins the CelebPoker.com Classic - No
Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Poker - Teddy
Sheringham Wins Free Roll Tournament 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
47 runners assembled at the Rendezvous Casino in Southend for the celebpoker.com Poker Classic Tournament. Celebrity poker players mingled with professional poker players and the poker-loving public to see who would win the inaugural CelebPoker Classic, including. Teddy Sheringham, Nick Leeson, John McCririck and former Eastender Michael Grecco. [PRWEB Dec 1, 2004]

Maddux Wins No. 302, Baker Wins No.
1,000 (AP)

Maddux Wins No. 302, Baker Wins No.
1,000 (AP) 08/31/2004 06:04 AM
AP - Greg Maddux pitched the Chicago Cubs into the lead in the NL wild-card race and gave Dusty Baker a win to remember. Maddux threw seven shutout innings for his 302nd career win, Baker got his 1,000th victory as a manager and Chicago beat the Montreal Expos 5-2 on Monday night.

You might be a spammer if...

You might be a spammer if... 01/19/2004 01:54 PM
How would you complete this sentence: You might be a spammer if ...

The Life of a Spammer

The Life of a Spammer 12/14/2003 02:47 PM
An 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 PM
Continuing 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.

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 Apologizes

Spammer Apologizes 06/15/2004 11:32 AM

Pop-Up ad Spammer fights FCC

Pop-Up ad Spammer fights FCC 12/11/2003 12:04 PM
The very unethical company D Squared Solutions is suing the FCC after the FCC shut them down for sending unsolicited...

Wi-Fi Spammer Gets Busted

Wi-Fi Spammer Gets Busted 09/07/2004 12:32 PM
A 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 tells all!

Spammer tells all! 06/22/2004 07:49 AM

How 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>

The Phillies Spammer

The Phillies Spammer 01/04/2005 08:49 AM

Trial 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 PM

Wi-Fi Spammer busted!

Wi-Fi Spammer busted! 09/08/2004 01:30 AM

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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?…

Spammer discussion

Spammer discussion 01/12/2004 01:53 AM

Blog 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 Gets Nine Years

Spammer Gets Nine Years 04/10/2005 05:16 AM
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Spammer Tricks

Spammer Tricks 12/02/2002 07:24 PM
John Graham has posted about some recent spammer tricks that he is working to address in the next release of POPFile....

Spammer caught in the Act!

Spammer caught in the Act! 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
Entertaining 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 PM
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Profile of the Arrested AOL Spammer

Profile of the Arrested AOL Spammer 07/06/2004 10:17 AM

Suspect in AOL theft makes conflicting impressions: An interesting look at the guy who got caught trying to buy AOL screen names from an employee.

...Dunaway was a "very nice gentleman. You'd never expect anything like that," said neighbor Christo Zaferatos.

"That," of course, was the swarm of federal agents busting down Dunaway's door early June 23 and hauling him off in handcuffs. Federal prosecutors accused him of an audacious crime: conspiring with an America Online employee to steal 92 million AOL e-mail addresses later sold to a spammer hawking penis-enlargement pills.

Dunaway ran an online gambling venture, Justice Department prosecutors say, making as much as $20,000 a day, enough to pay the rogue AOL employee $100,000 for the highly sought addresses.

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Other News: Spammer Gets Slammer

Other News: Spammer Gets Slammer 05/28/2004 11:11 AM
One spammer down, but thousands to go....

Another Spammer Sued Under CAN-SPAM

Another Spammer Sued Under CAN-SPAM 07/06/2004 03:30 PM

Other News: Spammer Suit

Other News: Spammer Suit 07/14/2004 10:04 AM
Massachusetts goes after a Florida spammer with a civil suit filed under the CAN-SPAM act.

Spammer gets 9 years in prison

Spammer gets 9 years in prison 04/08/2005 05:55 PM
USA Today Apr 8 2005 9:44PM GMT

Buffalo spammer jailed

Buffalo spammer jailed 05/28/2004 06:18 AM
Three-and-a-half to seven years for Mr Carmack

Spammer sentenced to nine years

Spammer sentenced to nine years 04/08/2005 08:28 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 9 2005 12:31AM GMT

SMS Spammer Pleads Unfairness

SMS Spammer Pleads Unfairness 04/06/2005 06:48 AM
An 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.

Top Spammer Gets 9 Years in Prison

Top Spammer Gets 9 Years in Prison 04/08/2005 02:42 PM
A 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.
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