Spamming For God
from the the-devil's-work dept
It's been discussed before, but apparently not all spammers are trying to sell you stuff to buy. Some are trying to sell you salvation. It really isn't all that strange. Back in March we had a similar story, including the fact that one of the big spammers out there happens to be a reverend pitching his particular brand of religion via spam. Still, you'd have to wonder how effective such tactics can really be.
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There are such cretins out there spewing their GOD
The thing is, we know who he is and where he's located. He's not selling anything illegal, just posting "off-topic". That's not enough to bring Homeland Security to his door unfortunately.
Now, if he were posting about Allah and being a martyr rather than Christ and being "saved" (it's all the same to me), I but someone would be at his doorstep....
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Old School
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"Spamming in the UK is now illegal, so rather than send the obligatory abuse reports, if you are feeling particularly helpful simply fill out a report and hope the spammer receives a £5000 fine"
http://www.spamfo.co.uk/component/option,com_content/task,view/id,20/Itemid,2/
But I don't know of any British spammers who have actually been fined.
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