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Another Major Spammer Busted
Iphtashu Fitz writes "25 year old Christopher William Smith, considered one of the worlds biggest spammers by the Spamhaus Project, is now sitting in a jail without bond. Smith allegedly had a doctor issue 72,000 prescriptions in the space of one year in conjunction with orders obtained through spamming. The doctor, Philip Mach, had a license to practice medicine in New Jersey but he provided prescriptions to people throughout the United States without ever evaluating them, both of which are big no-no's. Federal authorities have already seized over $3 million in cash, luxury cars, and houses."
The doctor, Philip Mach, had a license to practice medicine in New Jersey but he provided prescriptions to people throughout the United States without ever evaluating them, both of which are big no-no's.
...Am I missing something here? What else is a big no-no?
He was giving out prescriptions without a proper medical exam? That's not a good idea. But...wait...he was practicing medicine in New Jersey? How CRIMINAL!
The doctor, Philip Mach, 1: had a license to practice medicine in New Jersey but he 2: provided prescriptions to people throughout the United States without ever evaluating them, both of which are big no-no's.
So, it's against the law to practice medicine in New Jersey? Wow, the things you learn on Slashdot.
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
is using an apostrophe to make a plural. Maybe we can harness the awesome power of the spammers to send out remedial spelling emails?
PUTTING As IN DEFINITELY? Es IN RIDICULOUS? WE CAN HELP!
I guess my viagra and ciliax orders are going to be delayed.
Do you have ESP?
It's as if a thousand annoying voices screamed "C1ALIS" in unison, and were then silenced.
It's not butchered, it's creatively adjusted!
I never spellcheck and I freely admit it. Save your karma for more worthwhile "lol erorrs" replies
- Crow T. Trollbot
Too much vertical integration.
If he'd just stuck to the marketing side..
He'd still be living large...
You can't talk about Wikipedia's flaws on Wikipedia
"Hey, it;s bad enough down here!"
- Satan
Maybe he got his medical degree from a non-acredited university for only $20.00!!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love. Seasons of love.... Wait, shouldn't we be quoting from SpamAlot?
I would like to offer him some herbal rectal relief medications at a very reasonable price, no prescription needed!
Other than the naughty bit about paying his pet doctor $7 for each non-exam script, this was a stand-up guy. He did exactly what he claimed he would. How many so-called spammers out there can say that? This guy had _thousands_ of satisified, repeat customers. Nobody was getting ripped off, in fact I'd wager the majority of the scripts that were filled were cheaper to the customer than if they went to Walgreens/Target/whatever and had it filled. This guy SAVED the health industry millions and he's demonized for fraud. Fraud? In what way? How did he defraud customers? Didn't he supply them with exactly what they were ordering at a fraction of the usual cost? Spamming? How is he different than Ford or GM putting their commercials on every 6 minutes during your prime time show? --- It wouldn't take much to turn this guy into a modern day Robin Hood. You all act like he's satan incarnate, in reality it's nothing but a very successful businessman with an overly invasive advertising scheme (but no spyware or adware!) who gave his customers exactly what they wanted at a price both parties were happy with. How many other businesses can match that?
Not any more.
"Quoting yourself is stupid." -Me
25 year old, hm... 3 million dollars worth of stuff is pretty nice at 25. The only problem is... when you go to hit on a girl... what do you say you do? SPAM? Hey baby... I'm a spammer. Wanna SPAM? You know baby, I could make a couple of calls and all that spam in your inbox would be gone?
HEY, there's an idea, do you think these people know how to protect THEMSELVES from SPAM???? WOA!! I'm a freakin genius. I'm sure this guy's girlfriend isn't getting Viagra adds, how do they do it? Maybe we can just use their methods against themselves.
I rock so hard.
Please mod parent up. She's a girl. We want to be really, really nice to her so she'll stick around.
Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. --Nietzsche
Okay, great. Now that just means things'll be quiet for a couple months, and then it will be business as normal. If we really want to stop future spam, here's what we can don:
Now you've eliminated the customer base of spam messages. With no customers, spamming won't be profitable ($3 Million?!?!). If it's not profitable, it'll stop.
Tah-dah.
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