Where's Sanford Wallace Now?

capt.Hij writes "There is a story at Fosters about Sanford Wallace who is described as once being the 'King of Spam.' The story describes how he made lots of money in the early days of the internet but got tired of fighting the spam fighters. He is now the owner of a night club in New Hampshire. Here is how he describes his life now: 'Back in the day, I used to make lots of money surrounded by computers. Now, I make lots of money surrounded by beautiful women.'" If "Sanford Wallace" doesn't ring a bell, you need to read some old stories.

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What a wonderful transition...

[shik0me]

He went from from silicon to silicone :)

They don't care

[MoonFog]

"I didn't think there was anything wrong with what I was doing. It wasn't as annoying as telemarketing, because with e-mail, I wasn't interrupting anyone's dinner," Wallace said.
To me, this is one of the biggest problem. These people don't realise that what they are doing is wrong, or they flat out don't care. When it comes to telemarketing I can always tell them to f**k off and never call me again, har to do with a spam mail which return adress is a fake.

Re:They don't care

[BJZQ8]

Until there is some form of "allowable" vigilantism, spam will continue to increase. I once tried to get a particular spammer to stop bombarding me with messages...and eventually, he call my ISP and said I was harassing HIM...and of course HIS spam did not stop. I tried everything I could find, from contacting his ISP to trying to contact the people he was an "affiliate" for...nothing worked. That's one thing that an anti-spam bill should allow...even if we can't track down their servers in China or Thailand, we can darn well find the home of the original criminals, which are almost always in the US...and have a nice friendly conversation with them.

Uh-huh.

[FFFish]

Sure, he made a lot of money on spam. And now he's surrounded by drop-dead gorgeous women.

I also understand that he's incredibly handsome, hung like a horse, rescues puppies, and can cure leprosy with a mere laying-on of hands. He's on the Pope's short-list, can beat Kasparov in any chess match, and walks on water. Further, he is the inventor of a working perpetual motion machine, has single-handedly saved a small third-world nation from disaster, and loves his mother.

He is not, of course, a habitual liar.

The original Spam King

[Creosote]

And if you think Sanford Wallace was the original "Spam King", you need to read some even older stories.

Samford's rights being violated?

[xiaix]

Condolences from all of us who wish him well in his new life. I hope this worked out ok.

Check out the club's webpage at
http://www.clubplumcrazy.com/

(Which amusingly has a free vip signup via email...)

Or just wish him well via email. it lists an address of:
masterwebfanclub@aol.com
(I guess he did not want to deal with spam on his own domain, thus the aol account.)

Finally, there is a newsgroup if you wish to find out more about the club itself:

http://pub89.ezboard.com/bclubplumcrazy

Lets be mature about this and not abuse these points of contact.

Take it from someone who lives in NH

[AlabamaMike]

This club is almost as tired as all the spam email chubby used to send out. I think you'd be "Plum Crazy" to spend your time driving out to that spot in the sticks. I can tell you that his DJ skills are terribly lacking, and if it weren't for UNH (located a mere 15 miles from this club) he'd still be interested in turning a buck by sending out that garbage.
-A.M.

Darn

[ptomblin]

Whenever I see that headline, I keep hoping the answer is "In hell, sharing hot lava enemas with Canter and Seigel".

Review of Plum Crazy

[Animats]

Here's a review of Plum Crazy.

• Plum Crazy
  Rt. 11
  Rochester, New Hampshire
  

  Summary:
  Price: Low
  Cover Charge: Always
  Patron Age: College Age
  

  Description:
  Plum Crazy is a Bar/Pub that has 2 bars with 15+ beers on tap. It also has pool tables and a dance floor. There is street parking available.

  Review:
  Great bars if your into drunken reprobates, and women with teeth you could count on one hand. Dance floor wreaks of fromunda cheese (fresh nightly). Overall, an experience I can only rank up with alien abduction, or a visit to the local church for "confession" with a priest.

So Sanford can't run a good club, either.

Women and penis size.

[Thrakkerzog]

I can understand why he is surrounded by beautiful women.. his penis must be enormous! I'm sure he wouldn't have sent out those member enlargement emails if he didn't test the product first!

In other news.

[demigod]

Plum Crazy nightclub on Route 11 in Rochester NY burned to ground in an overnight fire. The structure was a total loss. A statement form Rochester Fire Chief, Floyd Madison, "We have ruled this fire suspicious in nature. Perhaps the most bizarre thing is the number of charred cans of spam we found".