Spammers Fined $2 Million
from the take-that dept
California is getting ready to enact their controversial anti-spam law, but they already have a an anti-spam law on the books, and apparently it was good enough to hook a couple of spammers. Paul Willis and Claudia Griffin, who own PW Marketing have been fined $2 million for violating California anti-spam laws. They've also been told (obviously) to stop spamming. For the next ten years, they're not even allowed to be associated with any company that does any kind of online advertising.
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Strange...
Coincidence? Maybe it is the Solar CME I have to thank, or maybe the SPAMMERs got scared, or maybe the ISP I am using finally implemented their own filters (and thus, I won't be seeing much in the way of legitimate email in the near future?)
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Luckily, Spam Assassin has been dealing with that idiot.
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