Massachusetts Drops Hammer on Spam Gang

karvind writes "According to story on BBC and Yahoo, the Massachusetts attorney general has filed a lawsuit against one of the world's biggest spam gangs. An emergency court order granted under the suit should see the network of websites the spammers ran shut down. Attorney General Thomas Reilly's civil complaint against alleged ringleader Leo Kuvayev and six other people associated with 2K Services Ltd. and Ecash Pay Ltd. Offered for sale on the websites were pornography, pills, pirated software and fake fancy watches."

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They have been shutdown pending the outcome...

[garcia]

"This type of spam is more than just an annoyance to consumers," said Mr Reilly. "It poses a real danger to people who may be fooled into buying counterfeit versions of prescription drugs or unwittingly open e-mail links to sexually explicit websites."

Is this similar to states that send out notifications to their employees and citizens that buying drugs from Canada is acceptable, encouraged, and more inexpensive than buying them from any pharmacy in their local area? I guess I'm in danger.

In this day and age, if you open an email from someone you don't know and see links and you click them you are not unwittingly doing anything. You are just a nitwit.

Under the lawsuit Mr Reilly wants the defendants fined for breaking state and national laws outlawing spam. He also wants them to repay people who lost money because of the huge amounts of spam mail that was sent.

Brought the hammer down? They haven't been convicted of anything yet. They have had their websites shutdown until they go to court and fight the lawsuit. Let's not make this any more "sensational" then it already is. Thanks.

Aw man...

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Offered for sale on the websites were pornography, pills, pirated software and fake fancy watches.

So what's the problem here?

Let's get photos

[doublem]

Dude, that's the next town over from me!

If someone posts his address, I can get some photos of his digs. We can O'Gara The Spamma!

Re:Go after the root cause

[aquabat]

If we're going to go after the root cause of the problem, then we should be prosecuting all these high end consumer product companies. I mean, if Rolex made a cheap ass $50 watch, then people would buy a genuine Rolex and the spammers would be out of business right quick.