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Police blotter: Mortgage 'spammers' sued by ISP

July 14, 2006 California Internet provider sues over mortgage spam, saying lenders violated Can-Spam Act, state laws. TAGS: mortgage company, Police Blotter, CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, spamming, Quicken, Internet service, spam, Internet Service Provider, service provider, damage, complaint, law, California, e-mail server, e-mail address

Alleged 'Seattle Spammer' arrested

May 31, 2007 After being indicted by a federal grand jury, Robert Alan Soloway pleads not guilty to 35 counts related to junk e-mail. TAGS: count, jury, Seattle, spammer, Judge, spam, attorney, U.S., e-mail

Police Blotter: Porn spammers' guilty verdict upheld

September 7, 2007 Federal judge upholds guilty verdicts, denies new trial to spammers specializing in sexually explicit solicitations. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, offshore, Police Blotter, verdict, jury, spammer, recipient, Arizona, domain name, operation, trial, image

Windows patch, iPod exploited in e-mail scams

August 31, 2006 Fake patches, rogue invoices make the rounds as spammers keep trying to fool people into installing Trojans on their PCs. TAGS: Sophos Plc., Websense Inc., spammer, Apple iPod, patch management, order, payment, trojan horse, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

Antispam confab looks beyond filters

March 29, 2006 Leaders in the fight against spam, phishing and e-mail fraud gather at the MIT to compare notes. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, marketer, law enforcement, spammer, email marketing, anti-spam, spam, bond, incentive, conference, e-mail, phishing, attorney, America Online Inc., car, Microsoft Corp.

Couple to AOL: Stop searching for spammer's gold

August 18, 2006 Parents of man who owes $12.8 million to Time Warner unit don't want anyone digging their yard for loot. TAGS: gold, America Online Inc., spamming, spammer, property, Time Warner Inc., parent, radar, Massachusetts

Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes

May 4, 2006 DDoS attack on antispam campaigner redirected to blog-hosting firm Six Apart, forcing it offline, security firm says. TAGS: Six Apart Ltd., distributed denial of service, blog, anti-spam, LiveJournal, TypePad, blog posting, spammer, security, traffic, spam, attack, server

Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer

November 28, 2006 Precedent-setting decision says travel agency that sent repeated cruise-vacation e-mails is protected by federal Can-Spam Act. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, anti-spam, Oklahoma, law, spammer, spam, professor, domain name, CEO, e-mail
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