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Dozens Charged in Spam Crackdown

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-inbox-floweth-over dept.

JohnnyGTO writes "Federal and state law enforcement agencies have quietly arrested or charged dozens of people with crimes related to junk e-mail, identity theft and other online scams in recent weeks, according to several people involved in the actions."

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  1. Quietly Arrested by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think they should not so quietly drag the perpetrators 1 foot for every SPAM, Virus and identity theft that they are convicted of. Some of these people would have to be dragged to the moon and back but that is all right; they can scream as loud as they want in space and it will still be quite.

    1. Re:Quietly Arrested by AdrainB · · Score: 2, Funny

      After they've served their time in jail or paid their fine, they should have to register as a spam offender and go to every house in their neighborhood and tell them they are a spam offender.

    2. Re:Quietly Arrested by pilgrim23 · · Score: 4, Funny

      > I don't see why these people are getting "quietly arrested".
      Is it not obvious? Spammers are all being shipped to a secret government location.
      At these secure sites, Chairs, tables, projectors, and Powerpoint presentations are being prepared even as we speak.
      Clueless bureaucrats are covertly stepping out of their dreary cubicles to attend these highly classified seminars
      Within a year, "W3 R the G0vernment and R H3re 2 hep U" will be flooding the inboxes of the land.

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    3. Re:Quietly Arrested by Lozzer · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think you have misunderstood the use of the word charged. Think large Van der Graaf generators and electric chairs.

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  2. Excellent news by RichardX · · Score: 2, Funny

    About time these scum got nailed
    Now.. who wants to buy some cheap h3rbal vi.agr@?
    Oh, and I've got a few million I need to temporarily offload into a bank account...

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  3. This Just In: Online Advertisers Change Name by grunt107 · · Score: 3, Funny

    from 'Spam' to 'Hormel Chili' for a better image.

  4. they'll need money by Texodore · · Score: 4, Funny

    They may have to keep all the money from the prince of Nigeria, who died 10 years ago in a terrible plane crash, to pay attorney fees. At least they have that.

    1. Re:they'll need money by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's all those graduates of the University of Nigera Online. I'm sure they have a course in how to cope with the loss of a rich loved one.

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  5. Re:Well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I agree

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  6. Public executions for spammers. by azav · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd pay for a ticket - or at least a web cast.

    Sell "execution privs" on a ebay to the highest bidder.

    Use licensed Marshals and bounty hunters to capture them.

    Put a bounty on their heads.

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    1. Re:Public executions for spammers. by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: 5, Funny

      > Sell "execution privs" on a ebay to the highest bidder.

      "chmod +x *", hardly used, $500 OBO

  7. Re:Dozens? by rokzy · · Score: 1, Funny

    > Wasn't there some recent study showing that most spam is generated by a small number of people?

    er, I think that's part of the definition of SPAM ;-)

  8. Thank God by kneecarrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whew... thank God. My penis was getting so long I was starting to trip over it.

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  9. Re:choral delight by swe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bloody vikings.

  10. Re:Ashcroft is now good? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny



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