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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. Re:Jeez you people... by master5o1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe to apply for a credit card, instead of beiing age>=18*, there should be a gullible test.

    *
    If age >= 18 then can get a credit card;
    else only with parental consent.

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  2. Re:Jeez you people... by antic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And those people are not going to be reading Slashdot. That's why I'm surprised that the government and ISPs have not cooperated to mount a branded effort to discredit spam (risk of stolen credit card, product not showing up, etc) and educate the masses.

    If spam is a burden for ISPs (extra bandwidth, plus complaining users) surely they'd jump on board a campaign if a government or organised group could provide good educational materials.

    We watch awkward anti-piracy spiels in cinemas before movies, why couldn't ISPs incorpoate anti-spam messages into their sites, marketing material, bills, etc?

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    'Thats they exact same thing a banana wrench monkey.'