First Four People Charged Under CAN-SPAM Act

friedo writes "Four people in Detroit have been charged with emailing fraudulent sales pitches under the new federal CAN-SPAM Law. 'They were accused of disguising their identities in hundreds of thousands of sales pitches and delivering e-mails by bouncing messages through unprotected relay computers on the Internet.'"

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Re:Good.

[Shakrai]

really.....So if I tell the feds that you are an al-queda operative, and you seem to be planning something, you wouldn't be worried? I bet they would act on that single complaint.

They will act on that single complaint. Just as they probably acted on the first complaint over this spam. It still takes time to mount an investigation. Go ahead and tell the Feds I am working for Al-Quada. They will still investigate me before they do anything.

Unless you tell them I am a few hours away from setting off a nuke in New York they aren't going to instantly grab me and toss me in jail. And if you do tell them that and they discover that you were lying it will be your ass that winds up behind bars.

The issue is that the complaints have to be about the right issues, if it is dope, or terror, they will jump right on it. If it is an intrusion into your personal space, it takes 10,000 complaints.

Are you seriously suggesting that SPAM should be treated the same way as tips about terrorists? If I forward the Secret Service a copy of my latest Nigerian scam e-mail (since Financial Crimes fall under their jurisdiction) they should treat it the same as they would treat a "I'm going to kill the President" e-mail? Which one of those is more important? Use some common sense for goodness sake.