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International Spam Ring Shut Down

Posted by kdawson on from the spamhaus-top-ten dept.

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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  1. Jeez you people... by JustNiz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    just stop buying stuff advertised by spam already.

    1. Re:Jeez you people... by ari_j · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I want to punch every one of those assholes who buys products advertised by spam e-mail in his face. I've been saying for years that, if the supply of gullible idiots with credit cards dried up, the spammers would reduce their efforts drastically.

    2. Re:Jeez you people... by amRadioHed · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And if pig's could fly...

      The OP's point was pointless. An astoundingly small percentage of the population responds to Spam. There is no way imaginable to magically stop every single ignorant, insecure, chump with a credit card from using it for herbal penis pills.

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    3. Re:Jeez you people... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And if pig's could fly...

      The OP's point was pointless. An astoundingly small percentage of the population responds to Spam. There is no way imaginable to magically stop every single ignorant, insecure, chump with a credit card from using it for herbal penis pills.

      We could lace the herbal penis pills with cyanide. Then they'd only buy once.

  2. Re:Fines for those in NZ by tulmad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A $200k fine for people involved in a business doing $400k/month in transactions. Yup, that'll teach 'em!

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