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MS Gets $7 Million From Spammer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-nice-chunk-of-change dept.

pin_gween writes "Reuters UK reports that Microsoft has settled its spam suit against Scott Richter for $7 million. From the article: 'Microsoft and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer had sued Richter in late 2003, asserting that he had sent, or helped other spammers send, billions of e-mail messages to consumers touting everything from herbal products to loan consolidation schemes.'"

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  1. URGENT ATTENTION REQUIRED by topgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    I too could get $7 million from a spammer, and all I would have to do would be to travel to Nigeria to meet the son of the late former Treasurer who was brutally murdered in a coup.

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    Geek Of The Day, "A geeky place for geeky faces."