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The Russian Mafia Doesn't Like Spam Either

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the think-twice-before-sending dept.

wattrlz writes "Apparently the current champion of v1*gr4 spamming solicited some of the wrong email boxes. Alexy Tolstokozhev was recently found murdered in his palatial spam-bought estate near Moscow. The implications of this hands on method of system administration are staggering." Update: 10/12 15:28 GMT by Z : Good story. Unfortunately, probably a fake.

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  1. Re:Fake Story? by Javi0084 · · Score: 5, Informative

    McAfee thinks so too http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2007/10/11/two-dead-spammers/

  2. Spammer assasination story a fake! by wolfeon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Original story is on

    http://loonov.com/russian-viagra-and-penis-enlargement-spammer-murdered.htm#

          Domain Name: LOONOV.COM
          Registrar: ESTDOMAINS, INC.
          Whois Server: whois.estdomains.com
          Referral URL: http://www.estdomains.com/
          Name Server: NS0.HQHOST.NET
          Name Server: NS1.HQHOST.NET
          Status: clientTransferProhibited
          Updated Date: 11-oct-2007
          Creation Date: 11-oct-2007
          Expiration Date: 11-oct-2008

    Fake hoax information link
    http://taint.org/2007/10/11/203243a.html

    Domain loonov.com registered Oct 11th... FAKE!!!!

  3. CmdrTaco, are you there? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Informative

    Please post an update saying this story appears to be a fake.

  4. FAKE NEWS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Looks faked.

    How sad.

  5. Re:Not the first time by guacamole · · Score: 5, Informative

    That murder had nothing to do with the victims spam activities:

    http://www.exile.ru/articles/detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=7845&IBLOCK_ID=35