International Spam Ring Shut Down

smooth wombat writes "An international spam ring with ties to Australia, New Zealand, China, India, and the US is in the process of being shut down. Finances of members in the US are being frozen using the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 while the FBI is pursuing criminal charges. The group sent spam advertising male enhancement herbs and other items using a botnet estimated at 35,000 computers, and able to send 10 billion emails per day. The Federal Trade Commission monitored the group's finances and found that they had cleared $400,000 in Visa charges in one month alone."

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Re:Jeez you people...

[marxmarv]

Porno aside, why would anyone think it's a good idea to buy medicine, products or anything else from some shady stranger?

Better a shady stranger than a shady corporation. The shady stranger is unlikely to funnel his profits into lobbying.