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Spammer given nine years
News A spammer responsible for sending over 10 million junk emails a day has been jailed for nine years by a US judge. Jeremy Jaynes - also known by his alias, 'Gaven Stubberfield' - is believed to have raked in between $500,000 (£260,000) and $750,000...
[April 11, 2005, 18:00]
Symantec wins $3m from infamous spammer
News After Symantec shut down one spammer in Maryland earlier this year, support calls dropped from 1,500 a day to 800, Matthew Moynahan, vice president of product management at Symantec, said earlier this year.
[December 24, 2003, 8:00]
Spammer gets eight years
News A spammer who looted more than a billion records with personal information from a data warehouse has been sentenced to eight years in prison, US federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Scott Levine, 46, was sentenced by a federal judge in Little...
[February 23, 2006, 8:45]
Antispam advocate succumbs to spammer
Talkback This is where we all should stand together against the spammer, and not let them win. Each win for them makes it longer for the good guys to win in the long run, or are we saying thast its the bad guys who will win.
[May 18, 2006, 14:41]
Couple object to AOL search for spammer's gold
News A small-town New England couple says AOL's search for a spammer's gold on their property must be stopped. In May 2005, AOL won a $12.8m lawsuit against Davis Wolfgang Hawke and two other men who AOL says made millions by targeting AOL members with...
[August 21, 2006, 8:55]
Activist claims victory over spammer
News An anti-spam activist who posted a purported spammer's contact information on his Web site is claiming a legal victory. I'm just letting people know this guy's a spammer, and he may have spammed you," Moore said.
[April 9, 2003, 7:34]
'Buffalo Spammer' arrested for ID theft
News New York state authorities have arrested the email marketer "Buffalo Spammer", in the state's first criminal case against a junk mailer. Earlier this year, Spitzer's office won a case against alleged spammer MonsterHut of Niagara Falls.
[May 15, 2003, 9:17]
On-the-run spammer caught and canned
News According to Linford, Smith was a particularly prolific spammer. One of the world's most prolific spammers has been arrested in the US as he stepped off a plane from the Dominican Republic, where he had been holed up running his illegal operation.
[July 6, 2005, 16:55]
Russian spammer found dead
News Known spammer Vardan Kushnir has been found dead in his Moscow apartment, having apparently been beaten to death about the head. The case is being treated as murder though no motive has yet been established, according to reports citing the public...
[July 26, 2005, 18:05]
UK spammer jailed over £1.6m scam
News A man described as Britain's most prolific spammer was jailed for six years on Wednesday at Peterborough Crown Court. Peter Francis-Macrae of Cambridgeshire was found guilty of fraudulent trading, concealing criminal property, threatening to...
[November 17, 2005, 9:25]
Alleged 'Seattle Spammer' arrested
News The man the Washington State Office of the Attorney General has dubbed the Seattle Spammer was given a 6 August trial, during which he is set to face 35 charges related to suspected fraudulent internet activities.
[June 1, 2007, 15:49]
Florida spammer faces $11bn fine
News A US-based ISP has been awarded $11.2bn (£6.38bn) in a judgement against a Florida spammer who sent millions of unsolicited emails to its users. Antivirus company Sophos welcomed the size of the award against the spammer, even though there are...
[January 5, 2006, 16:15]
Major spammer pays $1m settlement
News A major spammer who was accused of sending up to 25 million emails per day has settled a lawsuit with Microsoft and the State of Texas. At the peak of his spamming activity, the 24-year-old Texas resident was listed as the world's fourth most...
[June 5, 2006, 15:20]
Microsoft wins record amount from spammer
News Microsoft has won what it believes to be the largest civil award against a spammer in Europe. If an individual wanted to take action, in a way it's even more difficult because they can only claim compensation for damage that has been caused and its...
[September 13, 2006, 11:25]
Virginia court rejects spammer's appeal
News At the time of his arrest, Jaynes was regarded as the eighth-worst spammer by spam watchdog Spamhaus, the statement added. The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a state antispam law on Tuesday by affirming the conviction of the first person in the...
[September 7, 2006, 9:30]
AOL giving away spammer's ill-gotten gains
News The law, which has not gone without criticism, not only arms Internet service providers with legal weapons against those who fire off unsolicited e-mail, it also allows courts to seize any property that a convicted spammer has obtained using money...
[August 11, 2005, 9:45]
AOL goes digging for spammer's gold
Talkback Ohhh children lets go and play on the swings!
[August 18, 2006, 13:59]
Florida spammer faces $11bn fine
Talkback After receiving more than 2000 spam E-mails in the last 1-2 months, this is refreshing. Hang'em high and let'em squirm. Maybe then it will stop.
[January 8, 2006, 13:51]
Antispam advocate succumbs to spammer
Talkback So this is it. Once more "the good" are defeated by "the ugly" in the battle of overloading the internet users' browsing and mailing with penis enlargement and other "fine" and relevant products! I honestly thought that the internet should be for...
[May 18, 2006, 13:59]
