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Old 10-16-2005, 01:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Spammer Shut Down by FBI

I always find news like this refreshing.

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Warrants unsealed last week revealed that agents in September seized computers, laptops, financial records and disks from the 8,000-square-foot home of Alan M. Ralsky. The $750,000 West Bloomfield mini-mansion was built off profits from the 100 million electronic offers for everything from Botox to mortgages that Ralsky sends every day.

FBI agents even took a copy of a 2002 Detroit News story that called Ralsky the "poster boy for spam."
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Old 10-16-2005, 01:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Small-time spammers shouldn't feel any better. Spamming on any level is highly unethical and a waste of bandwidth.
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Old 10-16-2005, 11:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Small-time spammers shouldn't feel any better. Spamming on any level is highly unethical and a waste of bandwidth.
I agree!
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Old 10-17-2005, 02:41 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Another victory for the feds, let's hope more small time spammers can be brought down.
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Old 10-17-2005, 07:18 PM   #5 (permalink)
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It's amazing how the FBI wouldn't care less about spam a few years ago.. it truly is the age of the internet ^_^
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all I can say is... OWNED!!!

It's good to hear this, I get loads of spam a day, the one you can't opt out of, and it is a true pain to get rid of it, that is if you can... :/
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Old 10-20-2005, 12:25 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I get loads of spam a day, the one you can't opt out of, and it is a true pain to get rid of it, that is if you can... :/
Yeah, there's is absolutely no point in trying to use those "unsubscribe" links. About the only reason they're usually there is to confirm that they've reached a legitimate address, that's a good commodity to sell to other spammers.
That is, if a web beacon hasn't already told them that, the moment you opened the mail.
Better to just toss them, unopened.
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