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Gotcha! DNS Popup Scammer Fined $1.9 Million

Posted by timothy on from the and-the-people-say-bite-me dept.

Mister B writes: "A scam artist who trapped surfers mistyping their URLs (including those for children's websites) and barraged them with popup ads for pr0n and gambling has been busted to the tune of about $2 million. Apparently the FTC got ticked after having to close 64 separate browser windows! The FTC has a sense of humour nevertheless: the case name is 'Cupcake Party' (the scammer did business under 'Cupcake') :-) . More details at MSNBC and the FTC."

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  1. Warez by 3ryon · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:
    The new windows returned to the screen even after they were closed, the FTC said.
    "After one FTC staff member closed out of 32 separate windows, leaving just two windows on the task bar, he selected the 'back' button, only to watch the same seven windows that initiate the blitz erupt on his screen," FTC lawyers said in the complaint.


    Just wait until the FTC goes surfing for warez. Maybe they'll shut the bogus warez sites down as well and we'll finally be able to download Microsoft Bob by doing a search on Google.
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  2. A Day In The Life Of Cupcake's Lawyer by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 5, Funny



    Cupcake's lawyer: "Good news, Cupcake. I just got back from a meeting with the prosecution.

    Cupcake: Ok, and what did they say? I'm anxious to know just how bad off I am. Fill me in."

    Cupcake's Lawyer: Sure thing. Here's the deal -- The have decided to SEE HOT CHIXXX WITH YOUR NEW X10 CAMERA!!! FREE!!!!!!!!! HOT!!! FREE!!

    Cupcake: Yeah, very funny. Now get serious, i'm paying you by the hour. What happened at the meeting?

    Cupcake's Lawyer: "HOT!!! HOT NOW!!!! FREE HOT!!! NOW FREE!!!! NOW FREE HOT!!! "

    Cupcake: "Stop it!!"

    Cupcake's Lawyer: "So, we're not going to have to worry about the fact that the judicial process in these sorts of matters can tend to take HOT XXX HORNY SLUTS!!!!! "

    Cupcake: "STOP!!!!"

    Cupcake's Lawyer: "HOT!!! HOT HOT FREE HOT NOW!!!! NOW!!! NOW!!!!!!!! FREE NOW!!!! so, you wont be going anywhere for a while. In the meantime, i've asked the presiding judge to look into the prosecutions CASINO ON-NET!!!!!!"

    Cupcake: "STOP!! STOP IT!!! JUST STOP IT!!!! NOW!!"

    Cupcake's Lawyer: "HOT!!! HOT FREE XXX!!!! XXX NOW!!!! XXX NOW FREE!!!! FREE!!! HOT CASINO!!! HOT CASINO FREE!!!!!!!!!! FREE HOT XXX NEW CASINO!!!! FREE CASINO!!!, so gimmie a call when you decide what to do, and we can go from there. Talk to ya HOT!!!! XXX!!!! FREE HOT!!! then."

    Cupcake: But wait a minute! You havent told me......

    Cupcake's Lawyer: "HOT!!!!!!!!! HOT XXX CASINO!!! FREE CASINO HOT!!!"

    Cupcake: "But!.... But wait!! Dont go yet! You havent..."

    Cupcake's Lawyer: "HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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    Bowie J. Poag