A felony spam conviction...

NINE years!

Published on April 8, 2005 By goodmorphing In Internet

LEESBURG, Va. - A man convicted in the nation’s first felony case against illegal spamming was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday for bombarding Internet users with millions of junk e-mails.

He made $750K a month from our inboxes!

Comments (Page 1)

thomassen

on Apr 08, 2005

Hipp hipp hurray!

Damilee1958

on Apr 08, 2005

I do hate spammer's but nine years? Daaaaaang!

Hazylunarrain

on Apr 08, 2005

Yeah, That does seem kinda out there... I don't spam, and it annoy's the crap outta me... But WOW

Good to know it's being taken seriously though. While I think this is a little harsh maybe it will get some people's attention.

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WebGizmos

on Apr 08, 2005

$750K a month!?...Damn!

....I mean uh....good thing they caught him!

And yeah....9 years is alittle over the top. A nice sized fine would have been more on order.

47songs

on Apr 08, 2005

I hate spam also, but it sounds as if this person is a scapegoat.

d0p3y2k4

on Apr 08, 2005

only spam i like is in a can fried with eggs

RickWP

on Apr 08, 2005

Scapegoat? or harsh? NO. The guy commited acts of fraud and basically stole money from people via his spam. I think the sentence is too soft. He'll get out in 9 years and live it up on the millions he stole from people. I think he should spend his jail time writing out checks to all the people he stole from. Maybe just send him to jail for the amount of time that would take... How could anyone feel sorry for this guy?!?

Corky_O

on Apr 08, 2005

"If you can't do the time, don't do the crime".

Old saying from my generation.

WebGizmos

on Apr 09, 2005

The thing I don't get is...why do people "still" fall for crap like that? I mean really...it's been around long enough and you'd have to been living in a cave to not know about it. Not justifying what the guy did...but really....are people still that stupid?

thomassen

on Apr 09, 2005

I don't laugh when I read stuff like that. I get very angry and upset that people can be so stupid, selfish and whatelse I think which I won't meantion here.

WebGizmos

on Apr 09, 2005

I just set filters on my pc to send junk like that to my junk folder. And if I don't recognize an address from a sender I just delete it. But I get very little spam in my email.

Jafo

on Apr 09, 2005

Citizen little_whip ...take your little war elsewhere, thanks.

Jafo

on Apr 09, 2005

certain forms of spamming are illegal,

In Australia all forms of 'spamming' are illegal.

Unsolicited bulk email is all it takes to be on the wrong side of the law. Unfortunately 99.9% of all spam originates off-shore.

joeKnowledge

on Apr 09, 2005

700k a month?

People are really rediculous.

He could have stopped a long time ago and used his money to find a real job, invest or what have you.

Instead, he continues to send emails.

joeKnowledge goes of to email people...

Weaksid

on Apr 10, 2005

I thought the person in Texas was the first that was punished for the spamming first???

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