Man Arrested for 'Spam Rage'

Mirkon writes "We've all gotten frustrated at some point with spam. Perhaps we've even been motivated to send nasty, threatening messages back to the spammers, just to vent some frustration. Wired reports that 44-year-old computer programmer Charles Booker did just that, and 'now faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.'"

Comments

Spam Rage?

[Schmucky The Cat]

A man goes nuts and threatens the people who are spamming him with weapons and bio-weapons Seriously, this guy needs help.

What kind of help? I'll loan him a gun or two. Can any /.'er surreptitiously provide the anthrax spores?

Re:Before anyone panics

[Henry V .009]

Exactly. Be rational. For God's sake, fake your return address.

(Once you are assured of your anonymity, make sure that the threat is extremely detailed. A threat to snipe employees in the parking lot -- located at the intersection of streets Y and X -- is the kind of threat that companies take seriously. If necessary, you can spell out the profit/loss calculus for them. 10,000,000 spam emails = 10 penis devices sold = 1 crazy nut shooting up your place of business. Is it worth it, punk?)

Re:Before anyone panics

[the_brat_king]

So what everyone is getting at is simply:
Let's take spam "assassin" to a new level?
Could be a nice new field for laid of tech workers!