Judge Kicks Notorious Spammer Off Facebook

A judge in California on Monday ordered convicted spammer Sanford 'Spamford' Wallace to stay away from Facebook.  Wallace is accused of flooding Facebook users with unsolicited messages, which appear to...

Spam King Escapes from Prison - UPDATE1

Commentary "Spam King," Edward Davidson, escaped from a state prison in Colorado just two days ago, according to an US Attorney's Office press release. I was initially shocked to find out that he actually escaped from a federal prison to begin with. But what surprised me even...

Researchers Expose 'Stupid Phisher Tricks'

It's funny that some of the script kiddies using plug and play phishing tools are being subjected to phishing themselves inadvertedly just by using those tools. It's almost like the food chain....   " Researchers Expose 'Stupid Phisher...

Spammer gets 30 years in the slammer

"Notorious spammer Christopher "Rizler" Smith was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday.US District Judge Michael Davis called Smith a "drug kingpin" before throwing the book at him. "

Myspace.com sues spammer

"Report came in that Myspace.com has filed a federal lawsuit against Scott Richter who allegedly sent millions of spam “bulletins” advertising Web sites where users of the popular online social network could buy ring tones, polo shirts, and other products and...

Clever spammers stay 'one step ahead' of law

"Viagra, gibberish, money-transfer requests, more Viagra. Three years after the federal Can-Spam Act went into effect, unsolicited commercial e-mails are assaulting inboxes at record rates as spamming...

Australian Spammer Fined A$5.5m

An Australian firm and its director have been fined a total of A$5.5m ($3.9m) after it was held responsible for sending out more than 230 million spam emails Read Full Story Here

The Inner Working of a Bayesian Spam Filter

Ever wondered about how those darn spam filters really work? This article will show you how, from receipt to dumpage. A great read.

Zombie master sentenced to 5 years in prison

"Jeanson James Ancheta, 21, was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for using malicious software to seize control of 400,000 computers and then selling access to the zombie machines to spammers and...

Jailed spam king caught conspiring to kill witness

Spam king and online drugstore operator Christopher William Smith, aka Rizler, 26, who is awaiting trial at the Sherburne County Jail, Elk River, Minn., used his phone privileges to arrange a hit on a witness and...

Former Spam King Scott Richter doing well

"Richter's e-mail marketing company, OptinRealBig.com (Optin), has reported considerable gains in just the first two months of 2006."

Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM

"Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head. Kushnir, 35, headed the...

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