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Dozens Charged in Spam Crackdown

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 25, 2004 @01:53AM 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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Re:Well by stratjakt · 2004-08-25 02:19 · Score: 5, Informative

"Legit" my ass.

It's an pyramid scheme, and I'm surprised they're still running, being as such operations are illegal in the US, and most other first world nations. They must be running offshore somewhere.

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Re:Well by Aliencow · 2004-08-25 02:32 · Score: 5, Informative

as I posted before, I registered a special email address on FreeIpod just for fun. Just this morning, I got 3 spams on it. "Advance in Pay; On the way!" "Validation ticket for extra funds attached" "Payday advance pending. Please inquire within"