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$1 Billion Awarded in Lawsuit Against Spammers

Posted by michael on Sunday December 19, 2004 @01:06AM from the collecting-it-may-be-the-hard-part dept.

phoric writes "In what is believed the be the largest federal judgement in history against spammers, an ISP from eastern Iowa was awarded a $1 billion dollar judgement against three mass-mailing companies, which were said to be sending up to 10 million e-mail messages per day to the small internet provider."

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Sadly.... by ralinx · 2004-12-19 01:29 · Score: 4, Funny

...the ISP was contacted about the money through an email with the subject "YOU HAVE JUST WON 1 BILLION DOLLARS!!!" which they obviously deleted, and now they can't receive their money.
$1 billion--wowzers! by Ph33r+th3+g(O)at · 2004-12-19 01:35 · Score: 5, Funny
Based on current advertised prices (rounded to nearest unit, exclusive of shipping and handling), that's:
- 6,250,391 ersatz Rolexes or
- 1,513,240,858 penis enlargement pills (??? miles of penis)
- or
- 3,787 mortgages for average homes (principal only) or
- an infinite number of NOT WORK SAFE cheating wife personals
- or
- 20,000,000 $50 free casino credits
- or
- 8,474,576 weeks of diet pills or
- 10,002,500 breasts enlarged
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Re:Why them, not me? by njcoder · 2004-12-19 02:06 · Score: 4, Funny

"You ought to have to pass a test to be a legislator, judge, or even a damn dog catcher."
What the hell did dog catchers ever do to you that you would lump them in the same category!?!?!?!

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