Spam's U.S. Roots

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Posted by michael on Friday August 13, 2004 @02:22AM from the part-of-the-problem-not-part-of-the-solution dept.

ahab_2001 writes "Notwithstanding how tired my finger is getting from deleting all of those unsolicited messages from China and Korea, Information Week reports that a study of filtered messages by the spam-blocking firm CipherTrust revealed that some 86% of spam originates in the U.S. Apparently, a very limited set of IPs with high-bandwidth connections is dishing out the bulk of the spam, according to this study."

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Re:Oh goody! by cheekyboy · 2004-08-13 03:22 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Dont forget to add small dicks too.

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Liberty freedom are no1, not dicks in suits.
Re:Yeah! We're #1! We're #1! by 1u3hr · 2004-08-13 04:28 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Unfortunately, nobody takes the idea of capital punishment for spammers seriously. But given this information, it should be possible to track these guys down and execute them like the scum they are.
It's been done.
Here's the Americans on The ROKSO list.
Unfortunately Slashcode won't let me put them in a list ("lines have too few characters").
The above has links with addresses for many of these. Was it Rumsfeld who said "one spammer, one bullet"? A dozen magazines should do this lot then.
Alan Ralsky, Albert Ahdoot and Alyx Sachs, Amadeo Belmonte, America Find Inc., Andrew Amend, Angelo Tirico, Anthony ''Tony'' M. Banks, Bill Stanley, Bill Waggoner, Bonnie Dukarossa - Bullet9 Communications, Brendan Battles, Brian David Westby, Brian Farrow, Brian Haberstroh, Brian Kramer, Briceco, Inc., Bubba Catts, Calvin Ho, Charles F. Childs, Chris Brown, Chris Smith, CPU Guys, Creaghan A. Harry, Current Mail, Cyrunner, Damon DeCrescenzo - Docdrugs, Dan and Rosalee Young, Dan Padgham, Dana Jones - The Ballman, Daniel Ivans, Daniel Khoshnood, Daniel Lin, Dave Patton, David Lambert, Davis Wolfgang Hawke, DM GROUP, Drew Auman, ebusinessroad.com, Eddie Davidson, Eddy Marin, Eduardo de Souza, Elegance Network, Elmed, Email Experts, Erb Avore, Eric Reinertsen, EvoClix, Franpro, FutureVision Communication, G-Force Marketing, Gaven Stubberfield, George Kokinos, George Rand, Giantweb, Glen and Stacey McCausland, Glen Hannifin, Gordon Lantz & Gretchen Aitken, Greg Nowakowski + Chris Tibaldo, hispeedmedia.com, Howard Minsky, IMG Direct, Ion Entertainment, Jace Groves, Jack Ford, James Borzilleri, Jason Vale, Jeffrey Peters, Jody Smith, John Cota, John Grandinetti, John Hites - ''Steve Sorenson'', John Molino, Jon Thau, Jonathan Beyer, Jonathan Cosie, Joshua Baer, Kazz Asher, Kelly Joe Ellis, Laura A. Betterly, Lloyd Lapidus, lmihosting.com, Magnum Enterprises, MailTrain, Max Sutter, Melle Brothers, Michael Krause, Michael Lindsay, Michael Tiezzi, Million Marketing, Minh Nuyen, Monsterhut, Mort Schneider, Neil Goodson aka 'Robert Zimmerman', Neomill, NetFree, Inc., netleads.ws, NetSetGo, omegalead.com, Patrick Brady, Patrick English, Paul Boes, Paul Mentes, Penn Media, Peter Decaro, Phil Doroff, Philip Adelberg, Phillip Von Haak, Quang Dangtran - Whoa Medical, radisp.net, ResponseBase, Richard Burke, Richard Colbert - y2kisp.com, Richard Shockley, Robert Soloway, Robert Todino, Ron Millette, Ronnie Scelson, Rossman & Cole, Rusty Campbell, Rusty Ferguson, Ryan Champion, Ryan Pitylak, Sajemarketing.com, Sam & Adam Meltzer, Sam Al - Bulk ISP Corp, Sam Roland, Samson Distributing Inc. (SDI) Daniel Amato, Scott Hirsch, Scott Richter, Scott Richter, Shay Tyler, Simon Chan, Stargate2000, Target Internet Services, Thomas Cowles - Empire Towers, Thomas Gallman - telysis.net, Tom Tsilionis, trafficfiend.com, Tristram Snyder, Vincent Kwiatkowski, VP-RX, William Fuller AKA "Mr Bill", World Reach.