Originally Posted by Turboface

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Wallace was one of the largest senders of unwanted e-mail solicitations known as “spam” in the 1990s. He headed Cyber Promotions, which sent millions of junk e-mails daily to consumers, earning Wallace the nicknames “Spam King” and “Spamford.” The Federal Trade Commission sued him in 2004 for infecting personal computers with spyware that flooded users with unwanted advertisements.

This case represents the third generation of spamming for Wallace, and includes claims for pernicious spoofing and spamming, phishing and identity theft,” MySpace said in the complaint.
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