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FTC Sues Six in Spam E-Mail Round-Up

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the spam-still-legal-fraud-still-not dept.

TamMan2000 writes "This story over at Yahoo makes it look like the federal government is going after some spammers with gusto... Although they seem to be busting them for fraud via spam rather than just the fact that they spam, it is still good to see them going after them. Also interesting, it looks like one of the things they are nailing them for is the fraudulent 'remove me from your mailing list' that actually brings more spam."

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  1. Go FTC by Telastyn · · Score: 5, Informative

    In other news the FTC reached a settlement with Miss Cleo (the companies that run her stuff rather) for decieving customers and generally being assholes.

  2. Hang 'em high by MacAndrew · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not widely known, but the FTC does excellent consumer protection work.

    I worked on a (for a court) regarding those TV ads that promised you could buy a Corvette at government auction for $10 or get a credit card regardless of your credit history. The FTC involvement was important because it took an incredible amout of work to nail the slimeoid who ran the schemes -- he just kept repackaging them. He finally ended up in jail, unusual for this sort of low-grade fraud, but a last resort after he scoffed at every other penalty.

    Sound like a spammer?