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Spammer Profile: Scott Richter
prostoalex writes "Westword.com published an article on Scott Richter, the owner of what is supposedly the nation's fastest-growing online marketing company, which mostly specialized in sending out those unsolicited electronic mail messages. Richter is the guy currently being sued by New York Attorney General and Microsoft Corporation for sending out nearly 9000 e-mails only to Hotmail accounts."
WTF is HIS email address???
Voice your support for the Death Penalty for spamers!
But this is slashdot. A slashdoter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber!
This guy must be Andy Richter's brother - the guy who wrote the MyDoom virus!
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
He'll be about an eight inch tall, squashed under my shoe if I ever meet him.
http://github.com/gbook/nidb
By any chance, does that article mention anything that he's fatally allergic to, say, something that could be purchased in bulk from a supermarket?
Just wondering.
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
He's a spammer! Burn him!
Oh wait, he's spamming Microsoft Hotmail accounts? Oh hey man welcome back to the community!
...that you'll die sooner or later, and then you won't get any more spam.
Unless of course there's life after death, in which case you'll probably get spamned for all eternity.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Woohoo! Go Microsoft!
I hope you win this one.
chown -R us.
For all his success, why doesn't he sport a William Shatner(tm) Rug on that shiny dome?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Bah. I've never trusted Scott Richter and don't see why this comes as such a surprise. He used to be the head U.S. weapons inspector for UNSCOM back in the 1990s and at that time was very adamant about the fact that Saddam Hussein had WMD. Then all of a sudden George W. Bush is elected and suddenly Richter changes his tune. Now he claims that Iraq destroyed all of their weapons while he was an inspector and that there are no more weapons.
The bottom line is this: Scott Richter's public service record is spotty *AT BEST*, and the fact that he has now (apparently) turned to a career of spamming should cast doubts on *all* of his activities for all American citizens.
Idiots are worth $2 apiece? :)
C'mon, man. Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
There needs to be a new moderation:
"fucking pissed off, but right."
"I think they need to deport this guy's goddamn family to central Cambodia."
Hey I live in central Cambodia, you asshat.
Seriously -- why didn't you just punch him in the face, and then yell something like This spammer just tried to kiss me!
You'd have had everybody on your side instantly, and even a night in jail would've been worth the satisfaction.
Support a few technologists in Washington.
H3b@l pr0z@k can help you with your rage problem.
The sign on the window next to the entrance of OptInRealBig's offices in Westminster leaves no room for misunderstanding. Or irony.
NO SOLICITING.
Have you thought about maybe getting a hobby... like heavy drug use?
I'd say work. And raid roach spray.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Yeah, but then he'll just take some herbal vi@gra and grow back to 6'1", because everyone knows it makes pricks get bigger.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
What I've always wondered is if the President gets spam, and if so, does he buy the penis enlargers (or did capturing Saddam do the trick). I'm sure the spammers would know.
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Then perhaps he should respond to some of those emails that promise he will "get bigger".
Most people have a fatal reaction to water, taken in large enough doses.
You can buy various brands. I like San Pellorino.
In a perfect world... spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penisses, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship.
The problem is that there is not ZERO new business. He sent out 15 million emails advertising Iraqi most wanted playing cards, and generated 40,000 orders. That's a sucess rate of around .26%. This may be low, but it is something, with a profit of $151,800. So next time he sends out the email to 60 million people, hoping to generate 120,000 responses. At $5.06 profit per order, that would generate him $607,200. And that was just over the course of a week. With really small return rates, the spammer's goal is to send out the message to more and more people. So until the percentage of people responding to spam reaches zero, there will always be people willing to invest in it. And the amount of spam will increase as it nears the end, rather than a slow decline, as spammers desperately try to keep up profits by spamming more and more people to get the diminishing returns on their marketing.
I imagine them like loyd in Dumb and Dummer "What are the odds of me and you getting together?"
"One in a million"
"So you're saying there's a chance!"
(sorry if I butchered the quote, it's been a few years since I saw the movie)
If you can read this then I forgot to check "Post Anonymously"
From: "President of the United States"
To: "Sender"
Subject: Out of Office reply
Hi,
I am currently out of office either on vacation or visiting some third world country. Please contact Dick Cheney for any urgent requests, otherwise I will call you back as soon as I return.
Regards,
W.
One of the (non-computer) engineering types on my mailing list sent this in:
SPAM as an energy source? Somebody hasn't thought this one out - Spam takes some amount of energy to create, so the reaction is basically endothermic. But, on the receiving end, we all know that it frequently takes considerable time and energy (expressable as watts) to get rid of it. So, at that point, it is again endothermic. So, this is following the rules of thermo, there is an unavoidable energy loss in the process. If we want to quantify the power input of a PC, divided by the amount of spam generated per unit time, we could get the energy input (input of energy in terms of creativity and potential information is taken as approaching zero). And on the output end, while it may cause increase in blood pressure and temperature, at best it is a catalyst, contributing nothing to the reaction.
Conclusion, spam is adding to the entropy of the universe - WE HAVE FOUND ANOTHER SOURCE OF GLOBAL WARMING!