Comments on: Feds shut down spam ring for good

While denying any wrongdoing, prolific mailers have agreed to pay nearly half-a-million dollars in a deal with the FTC and California.

[katamari]

"If" they misrepresented their financial situation?

"However, if it is discovered that the junk mailers misrepresented their financial situation, the entire $2.4 million will be due, the agency said."

Yes, because spammers are so incredibly honest. And I've got a bridge to sell you...

if they MISREPRESENTED

I have a bridge to sell them to.
What about their cars, houses and other things.

[OneWithTech]

IS THIS WHAT IT TAKES.

2 MILLION EMAILS TO A FEDERAL AGENCY BEFORE THEY TAKE
NOTICE. WOW!

NOW THAT YOU HAVE $475,000 DOLLARS HOW ABOUT DOING
SOMETHING NOVELISTIC WITH IT? HOW ABOUT PUTTING MONEY
USED IN TECHNOLOGY, BACK INTO TECHNOLOGY.

HOW ABOUT YOU TAKE THAT $475,000 THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE
BEFORE THIS CASE AND BEEF UP YOUR OWN AGENCY. WAIT,
THAT WOULD BE TAKING MONEY USED IN BAD TECHNOLOGY
AND PUTTING IT BACK INTO GOOD TECHNOLOGY.

$475,000 CAN MAKE A MEAN DENT IN REVAMPING THE
GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE; AND IF YOU THINK IT CAN'T
YOUR GETTING SCREWED BY CONTRACTOR'S THAT ARE RAPING
YOU FOR SUB-PAR COMPUTER PARTS.

YOU EVER HEARD OF DELL. I BET YOU FOR $475,000 I CAN GET
APPROXIMATELY 678.57143 FULLY LOADED DELL COMPUTERS
AT $700 A CRACK. 670 NEW AGENCY COMPUTERS TO HELP
FIGHT AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT, HACKERS, VIRUS WRITERS,
SPAMMERS, AND PHISHERS.

670 COMPUTERS!

~JUSTIN

[rcrusoe]

JUSTINE! Cap lock, find it, Turn it off, Please. And . . .

Thank you.

[GrandpaN1947]

IF THEY WOULD...

If they would pursue spammers as well as the RIAA is pursuing copyright violators there would be far fewer spammers in business.

[Bob Brinkman]

one down, 4 billion to go!

n/t

[ajbright]

Good point

except that not only are there 4 billion to go, but the people behind this one have probably been running another million or so themselves, and will simply switch over..

[rcrusoe]

I can help

If the Feds will post their email address, I will be glad to forward
the many hundreds of thousands messages we filter out each
year. The amount of spam we we receive has been going up
steadily despite passage of the CAN-SPAM law

Fortunately Spamassassin and Spamhaus have allowed us to
keep it under control. Thanks guys.


http://spamassassin.apache.org
http://www.spamhaus.org

[booboo1243]

FTC spam reporting

Forward your spam to [e-mail] (per ftc site)

[Jackson Cracker]

[e-mail]

Send them about 2 million and you might see some action taken.

[Jackson Cracker]

They got a great deal

No jail time, and they keep about $2 million.

Who says crime doesn't pay.

[Jimmu411]

But remember...

They also had to promise not to break the law. Huh? Isn't that expected of everyone except the President???

[Seaspray0]

and I should be impressed?

Wow, what progress the Feds have made! The've shut down a spam ring for good. I also heard the Chinese governemt has shut down a software pirate as well. We're on a roll now.

How about some more sarcasm? Greenpeace save any whales lately?