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Interview With a Spammer

Posted by michael on from the need-a-wooden-stake dept.

Shipud writes "The NYTimes interviewed Richard Colbert, under the title of 'Confessions of a SPAM King'. Richard talks about one-time credit cards, WiFi, 'good' vs. 'bad' spam and more."

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  1. article text by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



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  2. Re:Spamming must be lucrative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sunset Colony Mobile Home
    2400 W Broward Blvd
    Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312
    (954) 583-8602

    Could this be the same park? I dare someone to find pictures of his trailer. Maybe someone could engineer his address and number from the park managment

  3. I am so used to it... by Suhas · · Score: -1, Troll

    ..someone post the friggin reg-free link already....

  4. Mod Parent UP by Catskul · · Score: 1, Troll

    Everyone knows what we do to SPAMMERS here. Address, first, Pictures next, Add this guy to every Junk mail advertizing list we can find, and US Mail DDos him.

    --

    Im not here now... Im out KILLING pepperoni
  5. Anyone got his address yet? by EnglishTim · · Score: 0, Troll

    We need to Ralksy on his ass...

  6. Re:Spammers vs. Virus Engineers by TheMidget · · Score: 0, Troll
    Actually, you are being unkind to virus writers here. Virus writers perform a valuable service to society: educating the masses that Windows is an unsecure operating system. By doing this, they are helping to hasten the downfall of Micro$oft, and this IMHO, can't be all bad.

    Spam, on the other hand, serves no useful purpose.

  7. Not sure if it is the right one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Richard D Colbert
    464 Sw 4th Ave
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315-1047
    Tel.: (954) 524-7581