a man in prison for spamming..all spammers beware

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    this are the excerts from a news paper

    Spamming is serious criminal conduct; this is not a teenager engaging in child's play," U.S. District Judge Denny Chin told Vitale as he sentenced him. Vitale earlier apologized and said he had learned a lesson.

    A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Tuesday for sending spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million subscribers of America Online in a scheme that foiled the Internet company's spam-filtering system.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080715/wr_ ... sa_spam_dc

    this is wat a happy news for me. . spammers suck . .
     
    riternity, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  2. jkrish41

    jkrish41 Banned

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    #2
    Invalid link... try to fix, anyways that is very good ;)
     
    jkrish41, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  3. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    #3
    I think the link you meant was

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080715/us_nm/crime_usa_spam_dc

    But that is quite a minor spammer, those big time spammer blast millions a day......

     
    wisdomtool, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  4. Jon1771

    Jon1771 Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Spamming is an illegal offence, so if you are prepared to do it then also be prepared to go to prison!
     
    Jon1771, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  5. 5starpix

    5starpix Notable Member

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    #5
    Woah, never knew they would arrest people for spamming.
     
    5starpix, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  6. cool_78

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    #6
    That will serve as a warning to spammers that they could go to jail for what they are doing.
     
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  7. Nikks

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    #7
    That is just awesome! Spammers beware, there may be a bunk waiting on you.
     
    Nikks, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  8. WhiteMedia

    WhiteMedia Banned

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    #8
    You all guys are talking about spamming as a crime ! But do you know what "spamming" means ? It doesn't mean that someone is posting here his links or smth else .. spamming is when you use stolen data ( e-mail ) and send unauthorized messages ! Or maybe you think it's something different from what I said ? :p
     
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  9. levampire

    levampire Active Member

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    #9
    You are totally right WhiteMedia,

    BTW, How long will he get imprisoned for ?

    and, OUCH for him, I feel for him :(

    Thx, LeVampire
     
    levampire, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  10. xmartel

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    #10
    This is awesome, finally some justice with those damn spammers.
     
    xmartel, Jul 21, 2008 IP
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    #11
    I hope they will catch a lot of internet criminals like spammers and scammers.
     
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    #12
    hey have you read that SPAMMERS, so beware bwahahaha
     
    sudden.emptiness, Jul 21, 2008 IP
  13. letsjoy

    letsjoy Well-Known Member

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    #13
    Is it new news ?
     
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    #14
    Not all countries have framed laws against the "dirty spammers". When the laws are clear and strict, we can expect a lull in spamming.
     
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  15. KingJim

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    Vitale ey....it wasn't Joe Vitale was it ? ;)

    My friend a Network Admin received some dirty filthy rotten spam once....it just pissed him off. You know when you are having one of THOSE days and some new spam is just the final straw! So somehow he hacked into the guys system and found thousands upon thousands of email addresses.

    So he hit delete. The emails? No.....everything. Rough Justice :)

    "Revenge is a dish best served by a nerd"

    KJ
     
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    #16
    that is good news. i hate receiving email spam. spammers take warning.
     
    4newbies, Jul 21, 2008 IP
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    #17
    Wow, even though that's a lot of spam emails though....prison is kind of harsh don't you think?
     
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    #18
    I would think that people would focus on people downloading music, movies, etc. And not people sending a few emails that people can simply delete.
     
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    #19
    Good for him. I am wondering if some knows a news that a non US guy arrested for spamming. I mean for sure there are so many spammers outside the US. Are they can be arrested too?
     
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    #20
    link not working here
     
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