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Texas Goes After Student Spammer

Posted by michael on from the no-pardons dept.

A number of people wrote in with this story: "Count Texas in the growing list of states fighting spammers with CAN-SPAM. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed the lawsuits today, charging a University of Texas student (and a cohort in California) with sending out millions of unsolicited commercial emails under the pseudonyms PayPerAction and Leadplex, among others. Spamhaus rates PayPerAction the #4 spammers in the world."

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  1. Better not mess with Texas by elecngnr · · Score: 4, Funny

    They still have the death penalty in Texas, right?

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    Having done so much with so little for so long, I now can do anything with nothing at all.
    1. Re:Better not mess with Texas by isometrick · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're telling me! I was just sitting on the can reading Slashdot, and right after the words "Texas Goes After Student ..." I was running out the door flailing with a trail of TP dragging behind me.

      I didn't specifically remember doing anything wrong, but the targeting of the title was a bit too close for my brain in the early morning!

      Damn you, "a number of people", damn you to hell!

  2. Re:Book em, Danno. by garcia · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to know what this kid's major was.

    Obviously Business with an Ethics concentration.

  3. PayPerAction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    do you see the irony that this guy really may end up having to pay per action?

  4. Re:Two ways by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, they figure if you don't want Viagra then you may be interested in their other products such as v14gr4 or V.!agri.a or ^i4.r4. Don't forget Cialias or C14l1$ or !4l1s soft tabs. My spam consists of someone advertising their porn webcam, shady pharmaceutical sales pitches, mortgages, and premium replica Rolex watches. They must think I have nothing better to do than buy a house and sit around taking viagara while jerking off to some slut's webcam and using my replica watch to alert me to when I should get up to get food.