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Spammer Profile: Scott Richter

Posted by michael on from the call-as-often-as-you-like-no-minimum-purchase dept.

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."

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  1. Re:"The Internet Is Not Free" by VX1984rr3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I second the "asshat" comment!

  2. Call him collect. by schon · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm in the UK and I just wasted 5 seconds of thier time going "um" and apologising.

    Call him collect.

    Repeatedly.

    And tell him he can opt out at any time, but it will take two weeks to process his request, during which time he may still receive your valuable announcements.

  3. Re:Wrong. by schon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I read it as "Scott is the one they sued because he's easy to find and he's in the US."

    Yes, which was preceeded with "This guy is small potatos - why don't they go after someone bigger?"

    So, if the answer is "this guy is local, whereas a lot of spammers are overseas" means that "a lot" is relative to the number of spammers in the US. As most spammers are in the US, it's false.