Spammer Shut Down by FBI

mondine · 10-16-2005, 01:35 PM

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."

via detnews

intelliot · 10-16-2005, 01:56 PM

Small-time spammers shouldn't feel any better. Spamming on any level is highly unethical and a waste of bandwidth.

darrenstraight · 10-16-2005, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by intelliot

Small-time spammers shouldn't feel any better. Spamming on any level is highly unethical and a waste of bandwidth.

I agree!

dude66 · 10-17-2005, 02:41 AM

Another victory for the feds, let's hope more small time spammers can be brought down.

iJeff · 10-17-2005, 07:18 PM

It's amazing how the FBI wouldn't care less about spam a few years ago.. it truly is the age of the internet ^_^

brainstorm_11 · 10-19-2005, 07:26 PM

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... :/

mondine · 10-20-2005, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by brainstorm_11

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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10-16-2005, 01:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
intelliot Google Guru Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,528 Thanks: 15 Thanked 128 Times in 34 Posts	Small-time spammers shouldn't feel any better. Spamming on any level is highly unethical and a waste of bandwidth.

10-17-2005, 02:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
dude66 Elite Googler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Thursday Posts: 1,844 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Another victory for the feds, let's hope more small time spammers can be brought down.

10-17-2005, 07:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
iJeff Senior Googler Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 210 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's amazing how the FBI wouldn't care less about spam a few years ago.. it truly is the age of the internet ^_^

10-19-2005, 07:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
brainstorm_11 Noogle Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	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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