First SPAM Arrest

[adair]

First Arrests Made Under 'Can Spam' Act

POSTED: 11:28 a.m. EDT April 29, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities are filing the first criminal charges under the government's new anti-spam legislation.

Federal officials have announced the arrest of two men in a landmark case from the Detroit area.



Four people in Detroit have been charged with e-mailing fraudulent sales pitches for weight-loss products. Two of the suspects have not been found.

The cases are the first criminal prosecutions under the government's new "Can Spam" legislation.

Officials say they received more than 10,000 complaints about unwanted e-mails.

The suspects are accused of disguising their identities in hundreds of thousands of sales pitches and delivering e-mails by bouncing messages through unprotected relay computers on the Internet.

The e-mails were sent out under a variety of company names, including AIT Herbal, Avatar Nutrition and Phoenix Avatar, identified collectively as the Avatar Companies, News.com reported.

[hotdoglove]

That Is Good I Hate Spam!!!!!

[JKATHERINE]

Yay!!! :)

Now maybe they can move on to those jerks who keep trying to get me to buy their products that will enlarge my 'manhood'...especailly since I don't have one...lol

[Technologist]

While these guys are in jail, they ought to wait till they fall asleep for 10 seconds, then turn on a tape recorder that yells "YOU GOT MAIL!!!!...

Do that to them the entire time they are in jail.... maybe they'll see how obnoxious SPAM is!!!

[DivineMsDi]

Even though spam is annoying, the best way to deal with it is with a filter...also, do not reply...then they don't know if they have hit a valid email address or not.

It would be nice if they started prosecuting some of these spammers..

[DaLilPeachy]

While I agree that spam sucks completely - do we really want to fill up our jails with these computer geeks instead of real criminals?

[kvmj]

Iread that 70% of all spam goes through unprotected computers. Everyone should install a firewall.

[nightrider127]

Yay!!! :)

Now maybe they can move on to those jerks who keep trying to get me to buy their products that will enlarge my 'manhood'...especailly since I don't have one...lol

I want those jerks too. You can't enlarge what you don't have.

[janelle]

Don't put them in jail but fine their manhood off. Big fines for each email. I got tons of emails for enlarging my manhood (I don't have one) and get some Viagra. Then sign up for a dateing service and protect your credit.

Get the big spammers. Make them send money to each person they spammed over and over. Businesses are bogged down with spam.

[Linus1223]

Don't put them in jail but fine their manhood off. Big fines for each email. I got tons of emails for enlarging my manhood (I don't have one)



LMAO....janelle you are too funny. :p

[nanajoanie]

So glad they finally have a case against scammers. Now if they can just do that to the porn freaks. I agree the jails don't need to be filled with the likes of these creeps but we all need to put our heads together and come up with the perfect punishment. Tech had a terrific idea :D It sounds like P.O.W. torture :D :D :D

[tsquared]

I dont think jail is the answer as that will just cut the time out they cant send spam. And they have no money as that is why they were bilking and spaming in the first place. I say tie them to a raging bull and see who makes it back to the center of the ring........

[mamalamas]

While these guys are in jail, they ought to wait till they fall asleep for 10 seconds, then turn on a tape recorder that yells "YOU GOT MAIL!!!!...


That is too funny :p :D :p :D :p :D