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Canadian Spammer Fined Over $1 Billion

Posted by timothy on from the get-poor-quick-scheme dept.

innocent_white_lamb writes "A man has been fined ONE BEELYUN DOLLARS (yes, really) for sending 4,366,386 spam messages that were posted on Facebook. He was fined $100 for each message, and including punitive damages he now owes $1,068,928,721.46. A ruling by a US District Court judge in San Jose, California has now been upheld by the Quebec Superior Court (the defendant lives in Montreal)."

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  2. Dear editors, by HamSammy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wtf man

    Come on, let's at least be professional! It's no wonder that some members and former members of this site bemoan its quality, as well as the quality of its stories. ONE BEELYUN DOLLARS?! Isn't decent English a reasonable expectation from a professional source? It's not even a good joke.

    To anyone who meta-moderates and bumps these stories, I thought we we're better than repeating in-jokes.

    Also, there's a typo.

    Also, I think the billion dollar fine is a bit much. As it's been said before, other lawsuits concerning much graver, more depraved actions and situations come nowhere near this fine, yet they deserve to be at the very least the same. The fine is also not even going to be paid, not in full at least, simply because the defendant does not have the means to pay it. So for all intents and purposes, the fine doesn't even really matter. He should have gotten a reasonable punishment he deserved, and the victims of his actions should be able to see justice served, and in this case, the justice is the full payout of everything legitimately owed to them.

  3. Re:Now he's sending out spam.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did no one else notice the even more horrifying fact that he set up phishing websites to steal account usernames and passwords?

    According to Facebook, Guerbuez fooled its users into providing him with their usernames and passwords. One method was the use of fake websites that posed as legitimate destinations.

    This guy deserves to be repeatedly sodomized in jail with the use of unpeeled pineapples.

    I Spamed a Company and his Attorney last month with one Million E-mail it was my Statement of Defense and a Counter Affidavit attached which they claimed not to have received a hard copy in Supreme Court.

    I Scanned the originals with all the stamp and taxed mark and attached and expected a phone call from them for acknowledgment then I would stop. I warned them that the phone call will be recorded and may be used against them if ever they deny in Cour not to have received the document.

    So Spamming ? illegal ?? Crime ?

    Sometime one need to be said the same thing several time to get the message

    Every action has its reason ....DISCERNMENT is a gift from the Holy Spirit and very few have it