New York Spam Ring Lawsuits

Iphtashu Fitz writes "Microsoft and the Attorney General of New York have announced multiple lawsuits against what they term as a spam ring operating throughout New York and responsible for sending billions of illegal junk e-mail. According to articles at ABCNews.com, CNet News.com and elsewhere the state of New York has filed 6 lawsuits against alleged notoriuous spammer Scotty Richter and accomplices. Richter is well known among the anti-spam community, holding the dubious distinction of being ranked number 3 on the Spamhaus Registry of Known Spam Offenders. Microsoft has seperately filed 5 other lawsuits."

Comments

You've got....

[Lipongo]

Lawsuits.

Goodbye!

In need of SPAM

[Anonymous Coward]

Please forward all spam to info@optinbig.com

Re:In need of SPAM

[Alan]

Ha, Mr. Bush doesn't read the papers, do you think he reads his email? I'm sure he has his trusted advisors go through the email and pick up what is interesting, and give it to him in a nice powerpoint presentation after he gets up from his mid-morning nap.

Re:In need of SPAM

[bmike78]

You were going to give them your email address?

Just forge the headers and the return email address when you send out the message.

Just remember to put the opt out link at the bottom of your message. :)

hang em high

[Anonymous Coward]

unleash the full misguided fury of the Bush administration unto them!

ok, well, maybe the death penalty is a tad too harsh, but i think a good old fashioned tarring and feathering is called for.

Re:hang em high

[Frymaster]

be careful! apparently rumsfeld met with some notorious spammers back in '83 and knew full well about their stockpiles of "weapons of mailserver destruction" and said and did nothing.

wouldn't want that to come out in a trial, now would we...

Re:hang em high

[pvt_medic]

We'll with bush in office we have a chance of trying them as enemy combatants.

AAaaah!!

[GnrlFajita]

Microsoft is back in court, and this time I'm rooting for them? I tell ya, people, the world is seriously coming to an end.

Between this, the world going dark and those smart helicopters, this has turned out to be a very, very frightening day. I'm definitely switching to the 2-ply tinfoil for my hat.

Re:AAaaah!!

[Anonymous Coward]

So are we supposed to like Microsoft this week or not? It's so hard to keep track on Slashdot.

Re:How about the people who hired the spammers?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is anyone going after them?

And if "Yes," what can we do to donate guns or ammunition?

Re:I just want to know what netblocks the spamers

[Anonymous Coward]

...that way I can just block them at the firewall.

Oh MY GOD! You just solved the problem of SPAM!!!! Next stop Disneyland!

Spam Ring

[Suit_N_Tie]

One Spam ring to rule them all...

Re:So...

[danknight]

Naw... We Just hate 'em a little less this week

Re:The Federal "You Can Spam" Law

[Davak]

With all the pigphucking it's hard to tell if you are trolling or not. You did stir a thought in my head...

Microsoft and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer scheduled a news conference Thursday morning to announce the lawsuits.

Is it common for companies to join with states to sue somebody? We often chuckle that microsoft wants to rule the world... but this is a little too much cooperation with the law if you ask me. I use XP but this is what I imagine happened:

Bill: "Hey, this @sshole is sending out a lot of spam and people are bitching it's Microsoft's fault"
AG: "We agree. They are bitching because we can't stop it either. Hell, we don't even know how to trace spam to obtain evidence."
Bill: "I'll give you the geekpower if you arrest the bastards. We'll all sue and regain our losses."
*They try to high-5 each other and miss*

Very strange bedfellows...

Davak

Re: notoriuous?

[Black Parrot]

> What is this 'notoriuous'?

Since there are several of them, it should have been 'notoriuoii'.

Fitting Punishment ?

[StefanJ]

* Daily mega-doses of penis enlargement pills, until their equipment is so capacious that they can't wear pants and lose conciousness from blood running out of their brains every time they get a woody.

* One-Way Ticket to Nigeria, to meet Rev. Motobu, grand-daughter of the former president, after convincing Motobu that the spammer is the son of a millionaire who loves him deeply.

* Starring role in a series of adult films set at a petting zoo. A porcupine and alligator petting zoo.

Stefan

Re:Spoilers ahead

[Anonymous Coward]

LOL. This would be classic, if there wasnt a fucking book out.

Then again, you probably couldnt sit through a newspaper, much less 3 JRR Tolkien books.

Damned Microsoft!!

[erroneus]

No wait... Yay Microsoft!!!!

I'm very confused...

Re:Hooray!

[Misch]

There are reasons we are allowed the right to bare arms.

Because we need to get a good tan?

News Flash: Most Wanted Deck of Cards

[mykepredko]

Following the lead of the US Army in Iraq, Slashdot has announced that a deck of cards with the pictures of various spammers and other malcontents villified by Slashdotters has been produced.

Being #3, Scotty Richter's face has been put on the Queen of Spades.

It has been suggested that Darl McBride's likeness be used for the deck's joker.

myke

Re:How about the people who hired the spammers?

[Tackhead]

CKW wrote:
> The key to wiping out hundreds of ants is a) persistence, and b) persistence. How many seconds are there in 10 minutes? 600. Guess how many ants I can kill in 10 minutes? [ ... ] come back tomorrow and do it again, and do it for 4 days in A row [ ... ] Come back once a week all summer [ ... ] Persistence and the willingness to do the job, that's all it takes.

PROPOSAL FOR ALTERATION OF SLASHDOT PLAN FOR GLOBAL DOMINANCE:

When Phase Three of the Plan goes into effect - electronic voting being the technology that will enable Slashdotters to 0wn t3h wh1t3 h0uz3 - CKW is to be appointed to the dual position of Attorney General and head of the FTC, with all powers pursuant thereto.

Spammage delenda est.