Top-spammer Christopher Smith picked up by the Police
 

Ownd - http://www.silicon.com/research/spec...9150092,00.htm
One of the world's most prolific spammers has been arrested in the US as he stepped off a plane from the Dominican Republic, where he had been holed up running his illegal operation.

Christopher Smith, originally from Minnesota, has moved his operation around the world to locations such as China and Malaysia, according to Spamhaus. Earlier this year US authorities seized assets from Smith and shut down one of his businesses which was illegally selling pharmaceuticals online.

According to Steve Linford from Spamhaus, who traces the movements of the world's worst spammers, Smith then went on the run with a fake passport.

During this time Spamhaus was in contact with the FBI, sharing information on Smith's movements and activities. Spamhaus was notified by the FBI about Smith's plans to return to the US and Smith was arrested late last week as he stepped off the plane in Minneapolis.

Them fuckers from Minnesota...

:disgust

Yeah I agree them fuckers from Minnesota. Lock all of them up and crime will be a thing of the past :winkwink:

Bill Gates would be delighted to hear this

:smokin

"At one point he even tried to register the domain Spamhaus.org.uk and offer spam services from it in an attempt to damage our reputation," Linford told silicon.com.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh Nice ...........

That's great news!!

;)

Since they've passed laws against spam, my total daily spam load has increased.

i wonder how much time is diverted away from real crimes that endanger society to do this.

Please, why would that make any difference to Spamhaus or the US Government? ;)

going to jail for spam email..

fucking ridiculous.

he aint hurting no one.

Spam costs companies BILLIONS.

SPAM is a real crime and will be treated as such.

But I thought SPAM was good!

Indeed.

He got less that what he deserved... :2 cents:

Ah, yes, compared to kidnapping, rape and murder it's definitely something to focus on.

i love spam

http://www.spam.com/assets/hp/GoodGone3_animation.gif

why the hell did he go back to the US

The loss of billions of dollars in productivity and $$ invested in fighting it is a huge deal Kimmy.

White collar crime is very serious and does deserve jail.

As they start picking off the larger ones they are going to come after the smaller ones.

Get used to it.

The world hates SPAM and it isn't going to get any easier.

good riddance.

Excellent news. Unfortunately our justice system doesn't include any very long, slow and excrutiatingly painful punishments.

Damn, talk about dedicated.

That's the real question... mabey he forgot the feds where after him :helpme

The time spent crying over it as opposed to hitting the delete button is a much bigger waste of time and productivity.

Same here :(

Correct.

Incorrect.

It should result in a fine, but that's it.

Jail time for sending emails is ridiculous. What next - jail time for cloaking websites and redirecting to porn?

I don't like spam, but spamhaus really are a bunch of crybabies.

This is probably what they grabbed him for however "Spam" gets more headlines.

Good, glad to hear :thumbsup

Bingo!!!

Why isn't real junk mail (credit card offers, new papers, ads, ect...) that come in your mail box and fill it up to the max considered SPAM also? I didn't ask for it yet everyday I check my mail box it's full of shit I don't even want or even asked for.

you think servers and bandwith are cheap? spammers pay just like anyone else. they're not hurting anyone, or anything. most do offer opt out links. they don't want to waste time and resouces mailing to people that will never make a purchase. kids don't have credit cards either, why would spammers target them? they don't. spamming hurts no one. all these stupid laws just send the business overseas.

Wow.

I'm amazed by your lack of intelligence.

Really. I thought you were smarter than that.

Who Knew?!

Yeah Kimmy, let the entire world SPAM every single email address.

Do the math Kimmy.

If someone spends 15 min a day going through SPAM at work, what is the cost to US corporations in a years time? What about storage, bandwidth, server maintenance Kimmy?

How much time would it take if SPAM was 'OK'?

Do the math Kimmy. Your "Delete It" theory does not hold much water.

because they pay postage.

The same could be said about the local spammer-supporters...

Maybe because you don't get fucking porn junk mail in your snail mail box? yeah, that must be it. :disgust

geez hellooooooo

Corporations that cannot afford to house spam should just stop doing email all together.

OOHHH SHIT do you honestly belive in what you just said :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

This is by far the most stupid GFY post of 2005...

he wasn't arrested for bulk email, he was arrested for illegally selling perscription medications

google "Xpress Pharmacy"

perhaps you could point out the fallacies in my post?

240 avg. work days per year
x 15 min.
= 60 hours per year (1-1/2 week wasted deleting e-mail)

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Fuck, there goes one of our best affiliates :(