Oh, for it to be 1986 again...
Posted on 05/31/2007 6:13:17 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
US prosecutors said they captured on Wednesday a nefarious Internet marketer responsible so much junk e-mail they called him "Spam King."
Robert Soloway, 27, was arrested in Seattle, Washington, a week after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of identity theft, money laundering, and mail, wire, and e-mail fraud.
"Spam is a scourge of the Internet, and Robert Soloway is one of its most prolific practitioners," said US Attorney for the Western District of Washington Jeffrey Sullivan.
"Our investigators dubbed him the 'Spam King' because he is responsible for millions of spam emails."
Between November of 2003 and May of 2007 Soloway "spammed" tens of millions of e-mail messages to promote websites at which his company, Newport Internet Marketing, sold products and services, according to prosecutors.
Soloway routinely moved his website to different Internet addresses to dodge detection and began registering them through Chinese Internet service providers in 2006 in an apparent ploy to mask his involvement.
Spam messages sent by Soloway used misleading "header" information to dupe people into opening them, according to Sullivan.
Soloway is accused of using "botnets," networks of computers, to disguise where e-mail originated and of forging return addresses of real people or businesses that wound up blamed for unwanted mailings.
If convicted as charged, Soloway will face a maximum sentence of more than 65 years in prison and a fine of 250,000 dollars.
Prosecutors want to seize approximately 773,000 dollars they say Soloway made from his spamming-related activities.
...And I hope you get and do every day of the sentence, you bastid...patooie! And twice as much to the users of spyware.
God, just imagine he were sentenced to execution. They’re strapping him to the gurney, getting the nice cocktail ready, and the red phone rings. The guard picks it up, listens for a moment, then hands it to the condemned man. Think it’s the governor with a pardon, he seized it gratefully and holds it to his ear...and the caller says “Would you like your penis enlarged? Our new wonder pill will enlarge you in just 6 short days....”
Here’s a prime candidate for a Texas necktie party.
Soloway deserves what he gets. Say hello to Bubba.
Good one!
Don’t think that ending his mailings will end all fo the mailings. The lists have been sold and been sold and been sold...
Hang him, the next one, and so forth!
The gazzilion times I had to delete the e mails has resulted in carpal tunnel syndrome, and a stiff neck! :0)
Oh, for it to be 1986 again...
Scr3w the rope.
Get a claw hammer and a blowtorch.
This creep deserves as much as he inflicted on others.
Does this mean that ‘Spamford’ (Sanford) Wallace (previous Spam King) is fully retired now?
Which reminds me. I have to go get rid of the spam on my email again.
Gee, how clever!
My spam box gets about 50-100 a day and I can't believe anyone would be dumb enough to open 99+% of them.
Last I heard he was in trouble for one of those bogus "Spyware removal Tools". He is the scum who invented FAX spams, and moved to email when laws were finally (feebly) written.
Obligatory Warm Spam Thought:
Last year a notorious Russian Spammer was found bludgeoned to death in his office. Police had made no progress in the investigation.
Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, Life Is Sweet.
As to this present one, I just had one of his spams stopped yesterday. This is a case for Vlad the Impaler's gentle ministrations: As Soloway slides down the stake, shrieking in agony, he sees his family butchered in front of him.
Right, this is not merely an annoyance, but a real danger to individuals and businesses.
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