Junkie Loves His Spam

VicPylon writes "Here is the reason we have to spend time and money on spam filters. This character actually responds to and buys from spam. I wonder if he is aware that he is supporting digital pollution?" I guess this proves that there really is something for everyone online.

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Orlando Soto is a spammer

[dazed-n-confused]

See this post on news.admin.net-abuse.email: Orlando Soto sells spamming tools to desperate webmasters. Funny he didn't mention that to the journalist...

Re:Orlando Soto is a spammer

[mrex]

See this post on news.admin.net-abuse.email: Orlando Soto sells spamming tools to desperate webmasters. Funny he didn't mention that to the journalist...

And double funny that the journalist didn't, you know, do some research and figure this out for himself.

Basically, the WSJ has through incompetence (at best) given a spamming scammer some free PR, which said spammer naturally used to tell a ceaseless stream of lies in the hopes of spawning more gullible people to relieve of their money. When was the last time you got spammed to buy a pinball machine, anyway?

Let's take a look at just what Mr. Soto's real connection to spam is:

In my 20+ years involved with programming and software development, I have never seen a quality collection of software like this made available for sale for such a low price!

And lemme guess, before you became "involved with programming and software development" you were what, a used car salesman?

* Instant Unzip - This small, easy to use program walks you step-by-step through the process of Unzipping a ZIP file you have received. A must have utility!

Wow. Unzip. Truly a must have utility, which is I'm sure why MS built one into their OS.

* HTML Compressor - Compress the size of your HTML files (web pages) so they take up less space, bandwidth and also so they can't be viewed as easily by others.

Hard to tell from the description what this is, but could it be the matching ZIP routine to that fancy-schmancy "unzip" thing they're selling you?

* IP Blocker - Protect yourself against a new type of annoying pop up spam message called IP Ads that can be sent directly to your computer anytime while you are online.

Darn those "IP Ads"!!! Darn them all to heck!!!

* HTML Encryptor - Encrypts your web page so it is unreadable by human eyes trying to view the source code. Has various features to protect page elements from theft.

Awesome. I really must find out how he's managed to develop an encryption algorythm which is already understood by every browser including Netscape 1.1N but which is completely uncrackable by human beings!

[snip pages of equivalent crap that can be yours for the low low price of $24.95]

I'd be amused if I weren't so sure at least one person had bought this crap.

Re:Whats his email?

[bhtooefr]

RTFA. He treats spam as a store that comes to you in your inbox, and sells some stuff online (via a semi-legit site, and spam). He's not just a spam-victim, he's a spammer, too. He even said he ran a couple of porn sites and squatted a few domain names.

Stipples.

[Jeremy Erwin]

The Journal started using stippled portraits, or hedcuts in 1979. Apparently, they remind readers of currency or engraved stock certificates. Although the style can be approximated with image filters, the WSJ's hedcuts are hand drawn.

The voice of reason.

[neurojab]

DON'T harass this guy. If you do, you're certainly worse than any spammer.

Yes, he's contributing to the spam problem (probably without realizing it), but it's not like he's going around clubbing baby seals. He just has an unhealthy shopping addiction. Calling and harassing people is not going to solve anything. Instead, write an article on "why responding to SPAM is BAD" and get it printed. Do something constructive.

Editors: Please remove the post containing his phone number. This kind of crap is giving Slashdot a bad name.