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AOL to Give Away Spammer's Porsche
introverted writes "CNN is reporting that AOL is giving away a spammer's Porsche. As part of a settlement with a spammer, AOL took the spammer's Porsche Boxster S, and they're running a sweepstakes (already ended) to give the car away."
This was in the mainstream media, even. And Slashdot.
quite late, ah well /. usually get there quicker, so give them credit for that.
but yeah.. this is *exactly* how to deal with spammers.. they've been offering us penis extentions for the last decade.. now its time to take theirs away!!
More info is available here.
--Kirk
Let's hope the winner know's someone with a driving licence...
mailto:EatSpamAndDie@princeweb.com
It's probably got spammer cooties.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
I would have liked to give the man a free castration.
I am not a doctor, so I would probably botch it badly.
If what you are reading sounds funny, or sarcastic, lame, or stupid
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You can have that too, you'll just have to wait for the second sweepstake where you can win all the guy's personal data, including his address :)
How about greeting him with a "Do you feel lucky, punk ?" when he opens the door ?
"Naughty, naughty, naughty, you filthy old soomka !"
Slashdotters are laughing now, but just wait until the RIAA/MPAA take a cue from AOL and start liquidating pirates assets...
What good will basements full of used CD-Rs do anyone?
Settle mao che minh, people might think you have a weak member and are trying to compensate.
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"Yeah well there's a lot of stuff that should be, but isn't"
Wouldn't it be ironic if the spammer was the one sending those "GET OUT OF DEBT NOW!" messages.
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SQWEAL for the cowboy!!!!!
A doctor would know not to use a Magnum to perform the castration.
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You're not a doctor, so
Also FatPhil on SoylentNews, id 863
maybe I can take one of their cars!
::looks out window and sees their 1975 Pinto Wagon ::
Nevermind...
Thanks to file sharing, I purchase more CDs
Thanks to the RIAA, I buy them used...
Spammers send the same message multiple times, so posting this spammer story multiple times is fitting, no?
The guy's life reads like a spam-filled success story. If I post this article at work, we'll lose 10 people tomorrow.
"Hi everybody, I'm Robin Leach, and I'm here today looking at the gorgeous 20 million dollar home of [insert spammers name here]!! It's a fabulous castle bought with all that email money, because spamming REALLY DOES WORK!!! Of course, he had the cheapest mortgage on the planet! Boy, he's more loaded than half of Hollywood, and it's like he didn't even work for it! With spam, he seems to MAKE MONEY OVERNIGHT!!! While you stupid peasants are out there slaving away, he's clicking "Send Now" and watching his fabulous dragon's mound of gold coins pile ever higher! He's so smart, he doesn't even need a spellchecker! He has a stable of Porsches and a stable of lovely ladies! And that huge penis of his is a favorite around town! He has no problems meeting ladies because Spamming REALLY DOES WORK!!" He's living the American Dream, and I'm just poor fat old Robin Leach!!!
I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."
The slashdot editors are spamming us with this story.
Ummm, what kind of car does Cowboy Neal drive??
Raffle, anybody?
resigned
My guess is that it was all they could get ahold of.
1) File lawsuit against spammer.
2) File motion to freeze spammers assets. Make case that spammer has shown willingness to be sneaky, underhanded, pushing fraudulent products, etc and that its necessary to ensure spammer has viable assets should plaintiff win.
3) Win case. Spammer's business assets are near zero except for car, which couldn't be sold due to freeze. Everything else is leased/rented or of zero salable value. AOL agrees to take car before spammer decides to park it on street with keys in ignition to spite AOL.
4) Spammer goes to farm field owned under another corporate umbrella, digs up cash vacuum sealed in plastic sacks stuffed in PVC pipes. Pays attorney and re-starts spamming business.
5) AOL sells car, claims "victory" in war on spam.
Am I the only one who thinks it's funny that a link to the dupe got marked redundant?
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aaah, one million valid email addresses for phase two! WARRRAARARRAGAAARRAAGG!!
1. Announce sweepstakes for spammer's porsche
2. Get people to sign up; collect email addresses
3. Sell email addresses
4. Profit!
Actually, I am kind of proud of this being old news. Re-affirms my hopes that not many /. users get, let alone read, their monthly AOL-Members Newsletter. *sniff*