First Arrest Made in U.S. For Spimming

prostoalex writes "U.S. federal authorities have conducted the first arrest for spimming. Eighteen-year-old Anthony Greco was arrested for sending spam to instant messenger users of MySpace.com." From the article: "Greco had allegedly threatened to share his methods for spamming members of the group if MySpace.com didn't sign an exclusive marketing deal that would have legitimized the messages he was sending via the service."

Comments

Hmmmm.

[coulbc]

MySpace.com, soon to be MySpim.com?

You mean to tell me

[booyah]

Sexybaby2592871 wasnt really the chick on that website she sent me to?

You mean i gave my email address, password and credit card to some stranger? What type of place is this Intra-web and what type of a mess have I gotten myself into.

Re:You mean to tell me

[Hellasboy]

"A Moose wants my social security number? Sounds fair to me." -Simpsons 2005.02.20 (finally a good one)

Gah. "Spimming"?

[American AC in Paris]

...do we really need to go mashing old new words into new new words for every little 'Net-related derivation out there?

It's stupidiotic, and it's getting irritannoying.

Spimming

[Hognoxious]

It soonds luke some thong fram ogent Crabtree out of Allo allo.

Re:Spimming

[david duncan scott]

Wow. Look, I know English isn't everybody's first language, but do you type with your feet? After "soonds luke some thong", "spim" starts to sound like Shakespeare.

Re:Spimming

[Anonymous Coward]

And that whoosing sound was the point of his post going WAY over your head... it was a joke.

If you've ever watched the show in question you'd know, instead of looking like a 'tard.

Re:I'm not normally a spelling Nazi...

[TrappedByMyself]

but come on now, how frelling hard is it to spell "spamming"?

And the same people complain about bugs in millions of lines of code.

too funny

[w1r3sp33d]

Yes sir, we would love to sign the contract. Please give us your birth name and the address of where you would like us to send the agents, oh did I say agents, I meant contract....

sample message

[kevinx]

sample spam message:

To learn the secrets of how to spam like I am spamming you right now.
Please send $25 to AnthonyGreco@myspace.com

PS, if you do not send $25 dollars within the next 3 days I will be forced to spam flood you. Have a nice day.

Dangerous MIPS code?

[Palshife]

Wait, simulating MIPS assembly code is ILLEGAL?

Re:Gah. "Spimming"?

[zerosignal]

Just wait 'til you get 'spom' on your mobile phone.

best part of TFA

[sevenmonkey]

Greco believed he was flying to Los Angeles to cement that agreement with MySpace President Tom Anderson.

There's just something hilarious about that. Would have loved to see his face when he figured out what they tricked him into. Dumbass...

A little social engineering right back atcha', baby!

Best part:

[Saint Aardvark]

He was arrested upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport last Wednesday....Greco had allegedly threatened to share his methods for spamming members of the group if MySpace.com didn't sign an exclusive marketing deal that would have legitimized the messages he was sending via the service. Greco believed he was flying to Los Angeles to cement that agreement with MySpace President Tom Anderson.

h5<>0r says: U R t0taLLY P0Wn3D unL355 u b0W t0 mY L33+ XK1LL5!
tanderson says: Okay. But you have to show up to sign an agreement.
tanderson says: LOL
h5<>0r says: 5W33+!1!!1 j00 r0X0R!
h5<>0r says: w51+! y u l5ff1Ng @ me?
tanderson says: What?
tanderson says: Sorry, just remembering a Seinfeld episode I saw last night
h5<>0r says: 0
h5<>0r says: y3h t5t s00p n5Z1's funny
h5<>0r says: 50, 1 sh0 uP on m0nd5y, OKBYU?
tanderson says: Yeah, that's great
tanderson says: You want a limo?
h5<>0r says: 0 b0y r1LLY!!?!11?/
h5<>0r says: U b3+!
tanderson says: Sucker
h5<>0r says: wa+?????????
tanderson says: Sorry
tanderson says: My granddaughter's here
tanderson says: I was just offering her some candy
h5<>0r says: 0h y5h candy's good
h5<>0r says: w1ll 1 G3t b3nif3+ts/!??!

Re:Best part:

[Anonymous Coward]

If you had trouble understanding the above conversantion, Microsoft has kindly provided an explantion of "leetspeek" for concerned American parents.

Other IM terminology

[teneighty]

If "spimming" is IM-speak for spamming, then I guess chatting via IM is called "chitting"?

Re:I'm not normally a spelling Nazi...

[NarrMaster]

but come on now, how frelling hard is it to spell "spamming"?

How fucking hard is it to spell "fucking"?

Re:Gah. "Spimming"?

[Ooblek]

Wow, and I hope they don't figure out how to access those appliances with Wi-Fi connections that are now available.

Spam on the refrigerator screen - Spood.
Spam on the toaster - Spoast.
Spam on the ice cream maker - Spooge.

Spooge?!? Now the pr0n industry has come full circle....

Re:Freedom of Speech

[geoffspear]

"But your honor, the 1st Amendment protects my right to say 'Hey buddy, give me a thousand bucks or I'll burn down your house' to anyone I want."

Re:Hmmmm...Blackmail...

[Jeff DeMaagd]

What logic! What stupidity! What a maroon!

Yeah, you'd have to be stupid to be a maroon. Either that or mix red and purple and splash it on him.

Re:is spam a USA society problem ?

[deft]

Can someone please put the parent on the short list for torture; I'm too busy eating apple pie, bombing brown people, and devolving society right now.

Thanks a bunch.

Re:Gah. "Spimming"?

[nacturation]

Spam over IRC - Spirm.

Re:Gah. "Spimming"?

[YankeeInExile]

If I had points I would moderate your post doubleplusgood

Re:correct....

[soft_guy]

Slashdot is so great. Its the only place I can think of where I can honestly get annoyed by repeated quibbling about the technical differences between extortion and blackmail.

Re:Al Capone's accountant

[Anonymous Coward]

Capwned.

Re:correct....

[DaveJay]

Slashdot: Blackmail for nerds, extortion that matters.

Re:Hmmmm...Blackmail...

[MarkGriz]

Hmmm, can't imagine how the racist stereotypes slipped past my 8 year old brain.

Re:Gah. "Spimming"?

[daskalou]

Spam from male to female -> Sperm
Spam from female to male -> Speech