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FTC Goes After Spammers

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Most pr0n ones are probably deceptive too by gorilla · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Most of the pr0n spam I get seems to be deceptive too. Grabbing one from my spam box, I find "Wanna See Britney Spear's Teenage Pussy getting fingered by an OLDER Fan??? ". I've not been there, but I'm 99.99% sure, that's not what I'm going to find there.

  2. So how do we report it? by SCHecklerX · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So, does the FTC have a place to forward unsolicited crap so it can be taken care of? It's about time, but they need to actually hold to their promise.