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AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme

Posted by simoniker on from the america-shaking-fist-online dept.

LostCluster writes "The AP, Reuters, and AOL's own CNN/Money are all reporting that AOL employee Jason Smathers has been arrested and accused of taking a list of 92 million screennames from the internal AOL system, and selling it to another man, who allegedly used it 'to promote his own Internet gambling business and also sold the list to other spammers for $52,000'. Not surprisingly, Smathers has been fired."

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  1. Re:Fired? by Kiryat+Malachi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can kill cats with a microwave?!?!?

    I'm gonna sue GE for not telling me about this amazing new 'neighbor's stupid cat needs to die for crapping on my porch' tool!

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  2. What a dumbass by ChuckleBug · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dumbass, and asshat. I hope they fine the shit out of him just for being a stupid fucktard hack and then triple it for being a complete and total shit. Those are legal terms, BTW. IANALBIPOIMFW.

    [BIPOIMFW = But I play one in my fantasy world]