FTC Goes After Spammers

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 12, 2002 @09:34AM from the not-enough-iron-in-that-velvet-glove dept.

klaun writes: "Yahoo has an article about the FTC launching a crackdown on deceptive unsolicited email. Basically they are after scammers offering easy money quick, not the average 'get porn here' type of spam. There is more info at the in a press release at the FTC's website." TheGreatGraySkwid amplifies, saying that this story "tells of an FTC crackdown on Spammers, that had resulted in charges (settled) against 7 chain-letter ring spammers, and several pending cases. I know I could use some Spam relief..." The settlement, unfortunately, isn't exactly stern stuff: the seven spammers "agreed to refrain from participating in deceptive schemes in the future, or lying about the legality or potential earnings from any such schemes."

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Re:Slap on the Wrist by kindbud · 2002-02-12 10:17 · Score: 3, Flamebait

Most of those operational days were accumulated while media3 was listed at Spamhaus. Fat lot of good the Spamhaus listing did. Are you trying to actually do something, or are you just keeping score?

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Kudos to anyone killing spammers ... by fferreres · 2002-02-12 10:28 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I'd volunteer myself. Replying to spam is not a solution. Only hitting them hard in the head will work.

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