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Spammer Sues SpamCop
wolfgang writes "Just wanted to send you word that notorious spammer Scott Richter, President of Email marketing firm OptinRealBig.com, has filed suit against Ironport, which runs anti-spam site Spamcop. According to Richter, Spamcop's initiatives have damaged the reputation of his company. Richter filed for $1 million in damages. A similar suit one year ago, filed by Eddy Marin and his Florida-based Emarketersamerica.org against Spamhaus, was thrown out of court last October." We've mentioned Richter before.
Scott Richter's 32-employee firm [...]
Just out of curiosity, do Uzis jam or would one be better off reloading a trusty ol' six-shooter 5 times?
lighten up, it's a joke
Trolling is a art,
I would think that he's doing a fine job of that by himself.
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Richter claims that because the complaints fail to identify the original email sender, Optin cannot comply with the CAN-SPAM ACT, which requires the sender of an email to remove the address of any person who does not desire to receive any further email.
In Soviet Russia, the spammer complains about forged headers.
...police find Scott Richter's body in a shallow grave with a single can of spiced ham?
I'm certainly not suggesting anyone should initiate such action.... but if you already have, how much longer do we have to wait?
Sincerely,
- The General Public, xoxo
Richter is claiming to be "opt-in" only. Apparently the whole world has opted-in and Spamcop is sorely mistaken.
The Bad: A useful and honorable service is being sued and will have to waste resources defending themselves.
The Good: You can get a clean shot in front of the court house.
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Or heck, even if he doesn't really have a bigger penis, he certainly has bigger balls than anyone would have expected!
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Actually, if any past tort law is an indicator, he'll get the beat-down he deserves.
What would really funny is if during the trial the judge was to get spam flooded from the Mr. Richter's company.
Yes Francis, the world has gone crazy.
How can anyone possibly damage the reputation of a spammer or a spam company?
By saying you need a prescription for those pills???
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Microsoft sues the US DOJ , Nigeria sues the Better Business Bureau, and the US sues the rest of the world, all for defamation of character.
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
Come on Scott! Bring the noise! They didn't defame you, your actions defamed yourself... But, hey, if you want to go that route, try me!
Scott Richter's company is responsible for millions of dollars of lost productivity. Scott Richter's work is unwanted in 99% of the places that it appears. Scott Richter's company is stealing valuable computer resources and is using them for his own profit.
Not only that, but I heard from a guy at work that Scott has to have a dead dog in his bedroom to get off.
Oh, yeah... And all you Daily Show fans out there know that Scott Richter's e-mail address is: scottrichter422@yahoo.com
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As of 12:49 PDT, his email address is
email: scottrichter423@yahoo.com
Oh wait, now it's
email: scottrichter424@yahoo.com
Seriously, this email address is a complete waste of time. Do you really think there are 421 other users of Yahoo email that are also named Scott Richter? The second that address gets more than ten spams per day I guarantee he'll abandon it.
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Richter: Gasp!
"I don't think it's selfish, to eat defenseless shellfish." -NOFX
Sueing because SpamCop damaged his company's reputation?
That's like saying a whore's reputation was damaged because someone said she's a whore...
" Seriously. Mentioning it on /. won't do anything."
No wonder my litigation is moving so slowly!
Enron sues the United States Government for damages.
Claims they wouldn't have gone bankrupt if not for government interference in their accounting.
Suggestions:
Bologna. A big pack. Take individual pieces out, lay flat on his car. I've read that the oils in the bologna will actually remove paint from a car. Write 'spammer' across his hood using the meat. Take pictures.
Forget vaseline. Go to your local hunting store and get skunk musk. Spray entire bottle into the fresh air vents.
Get his home address and put him on every mailing list you can find. Do the same with any email addresses you find for him (an oldie but a goodie)
Call your local Jehova's Witness and tell them you're interested in their cause. Tell them to come to your house (HIS house) at 6AM. Tell them you've got a twin brother that's mentally ill, and always claims he's you. Keep coming over until they get ahold of you.
Religion is for people afraid of going to hell.
Richter is the spammer that The Daily show interviewed, and published the email address of. Yes, he told the daily show his email address. Appearently spamming doesn't pay that well, otherwise he'd have cable and know better.
And Richter, not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He and his lawyer are going to need bulletproof vests and a police escort on the way to the courthouse. In fact he's so completely deluded and depressed that if you just left him in the room with a loaded handgun and said, "Look I know things didn't turn out how you wanted. I can see the decent guy you might have been. So, I left you a way out, you know what you want to do." He'd probably solve the problem himself.
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Everyone needs to head over to yahoo to sign up for a new account. I recommend a user name like scottrichterXXXX@yahoo.com while replacing XXXX with a random number between 422 and 9999.
"We are going to send a message," said Richter
...Send a message, how about Millions ?
:)... )
I'm serious.. He actually said that! hah.
(ok, a little out of context.. but still funny
....move along....nothing to see here....
You know... death by cat is not a bad plan. You see, cats are by nature much more predatory and a good degree less loyal that other animals such as, say, dogs. If you get about 1-2 dozen cats and half starve them for awhile (so they're hungry, but not incapacitated). Later, off Mr. Righter a nice oil massage. Use tuna oil, and bind him to the chair. Lock in a room for about 24 hours and release the cats.
Trust me... it wouldn't be a nice way to go, but it would be appropriate for a dirty spammer.
Disclaimer: The situation above is entirely hypothetical. It is for personal amusement only, and should not be construed as advice to commit acts which may be of dubious legality
I think I'll refrain from clicking the link you posted to the domain [chickenboner.com]. I have read /. for a while.
We may experience some slight turbulence and then...explode. -Capt. Mal Reynolds
I read an article somewhere about faxing carbon paper (all black) continuously by taping 2 sheets of it together in a loop so it would go on and on and waste all their ink.
I'd recommend against carbon paper, since the carbon dust might get on the lens, in the gears, etc and pretty much waste your fax machine. But other things might work well. For an example, take some of his spam and print it out in white-on-black. Be sure to use a callout box for the bit that says effectively "You asked for this!"