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Internet Spam Mogul Can't Take What He Dishes Out
Freep.com ^ | 12/11/2002 | Mike Wendland

Posted on 12/11/2002 4:34:14 PM PST by ex-Texan

Edited on 05/07/2004 7:12:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

West Bloomfield bulk e-mailer Alan Ralsky, who just may be the world's biggest sender of Internet spam, is getting a taste of his own medicine.

Ever since I wrote a story on him a couple of weeks ago he says he's been inundated with ads, catalogs and brochures delivered by the U.S. Postal Service to his brand-new $740,000 home.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: beatingspam; spamartist; spammerhatesspam
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Should I do it? Oh, what the hey....

BWAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHA !

1 posted on 12/11/2002 4:34:14 PM PST by ex-Texan
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To: ex-Texan
It's all the result of a well-organized campaign by the anti-spam community, and Ralsky doesn't find it funny.

This is hillarious.

2 posted on 12/11/2002 4:36:12 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: ex-Texan
It's all the result of a well-organized campaign by the anti-spam community, and Ralsky doesn't find it funny.

This is hillarious.

3 posted on 12/11/2002 4:36:13 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: ex-Texan
Terrific!
4 posted on 12/11/2002 4:36:46 PM PST by LostTribe
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To: ex-Texan
Poetic Justice Bump!
5 posted on 12/11/2002 4:46:23 PM PST by Imal
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To: ex-Texan
How do I sign him up?
6 posted on 12/11/2002 4:49:53 PM PST by mseltzer
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To: ex-Texan
The idea kicked of at http://slashdot.org/index.pl, and if you dig around you can find the thread that has his home address in it.
7 posted on 12/11/2002 4:52:25 PM PST by Grig
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To: Paleo Conservative
I looked up the original article about this guy on the Slashdot.org site:

Click Here for More Laughs

8 posted on 12/11/2002 4:59:37 PM PST by ex-Texan
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To: anka
The voices are calling me.
10 posted on 12/11/2002 5:12:28 PM PST by Darksheare
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To: anka
Of course, this really is a joke. And everyone reading it should take it as a joke. Except for that one very special person. Yes, you my friend. You know what you must do...

I believe he is the person behind "Empire Towers"? Who registered hundreds of throwaway domain names.

I deplore and am saddened by that post. He should not be shot.

He should suffer from cancer for several years, then be publicly impaled, slowly, and his family slaughtered in front of him in his last five, shreiking minutes.

The damage he has done is almost beyond calculation, in wasted staff time, bandwidth, damage to reputations of e-businesses in general, and higher ISP fees for everyone.

I hope an example is made of him, and not with junk mail.

People should remember that the senders PAY for sending junk mail.

Spammers, however, send their stuff "Postage Due".

They are thieves. When he states he has "hundreds of servers around the world" he means that he STEALS SERVICES from unsecured relays.

He is getting off easy with joke mail. Much easier than we all are from him and his kind.

11 posted on 12/11/2002 5:27:55 PM PST by Gorzaloon
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To: Darksheare
>The voices are calling me.

Check with freeper Paul Kersey. Maybe he is in touch with Theodore Dalchinksky(sp?). {ggg}

12 posted on 12/11/2002 5:30:34 PM PST by LostTribe
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To: anka
I just turned you in, buddy, for advocating murder on FR. Get lost.
13 posted on 12/11/2002 5:45:19 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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To: Gorzaloon
He should suffer from cancer for several years, then be publicly impaled, slowly, and his family slaughtered in front of him in his last five, shreiking minutes.

You have a serious problem.

14 posted on 12/11/2002 5:47:35 PM PST by altair
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To: LostTribe
You gotta love the spam king. He nails people with tons of electronic mind ooze, and screams bloody murder when he gets nailed back with the paper kind.

The best quote is, "I'm gonna sue!"

Did you hear that?
(*Kiikiikii chuuuuu*) (Small homage to the Friday 13th movies)
15 posted on 12/11/2002 5:47:38 PM PST by Darksheare
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Hey, chill. He was reposting a post from slashdot.org, a "geek" website, where the story about the spammer was first posted.

Hey, I don't think the guy should be *shot*. Now, maybe something involving pungi sticks, plastic sporks, duct tape, an orbital sander, and Rosie O'Donnell naked, that might work...

}:-)4
16 posted on 12/11/2002 5:52:39 PM PST by Moose4
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To: ex-Texan
And what about that woman in Dunedin, FL featured in the Wall Street Journal?
17 posted on 12/11/2002 5:53:43 PM PST by aruanan
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To: ex-Texan
He turns out to be extremely easy to find, actually. Took me about three minutes. Ah, the magic of the Internet.

I think it would outside the proper sphere of FR to publish his street address and phone number here, so I won't. But if there's another Alan Ralsky in West Bloomfield, I sure pity that poor SOB. In fact, anyone with that name anywhere in the country is probably looking for a legal change about now - "Osama bin Laden" might garner a less hostile reaction.

18 posted on 12/11/2002 5:57:56 PM PST by Billthedrill
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>The best quote is, "I'm gonna sue!"

Love it!

19 posted on 12/11/2002 6:03:12 PM PST by LostTribe
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To: ex-Texan
Someone suggested using every possible combination of the Spam King's name when siging him up for catalogs; e.g., Mr. Ralsky, Mr. A. Ralsky, etc.
20 posted on 12/11/2002 6:05:04 PM PST by csvset
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