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NTSS 06-05-2006 09:27 AM
E-Mail Spamming Pays Good Until You Get Caught and Sued
 
Leading Spammer to Pay $1 Million

One of the worlds notorious spammers has settled lawsuits with
the state of Texas and Microsft Corp. that cost him at least
$1 million, took away most of his assets and forced him to stop
sending the nuisance e-mails.

Ryan Pitylak, 24, who graduated from the University of Texas last month,
has admitted sending 25 million e-mails everyday at the height of his
spamming operation in 2004. As part of the settlement with Microsoft,
Pitylak promised never again to send out false, misleading or unsolicited commercial e-mails. He said he would sell his $430,000 house and a 2005 BMW to help pay his fines and legal bills.

-Associated Press

Should happen more often and I'm surprised there was no mention of any criminal charges.

directfiesta 06-05-2006 09:31 AM
10 others took his place ...

Another lost war, like the one on drugs...

Manowar 06-05-2006 09:55 AM
i wonder what beemer it was

Tom_PM 06-05-2006 10:00 AM
Microsoft? What did he do, hack hotmail or msn accounts or something? Or was he one of those retards purporting to be microsoft support to phish for emails? Either way: retarded.

P. Nash 06-05-2006 10:26 AM
More than likely, if he was any good at what he did, this guy made a shit ton more than a million dollars spamming. Hes real lucky he didnt get any jail time.

SmokeyTheBear 06-05-2006 10:38 AM
big whoop , he sells the house and car to me declares bankruptcy and buys it back for next to nothing. problem solved..

That took about 2 seconds :)

supermann 06-05-2006 10:54 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
big whoop , he sells the house and car to me declares bankruptcy and buys it back for next to nothing. problem solved..

That took about 2 seconds :)
An idiot who thinks he's smart is in the house :helpme

Kevsh 06-05-2006 10:56 AM
Judging by the flood of spam i'm getting today, I think he's back at it...

SmokeyTheBear 06-05-2006 10:58 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by supermann
An idiot who thinks he's smart is in the house :helpme
so what your saying is , your an idiot who thinks he is smart ?

Maybe you should elaborate.. that doesnt make much sense..

If your so smart , how can you also be an idiot..

supermann 06-05-2006 11:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
so what your saying is , your an idiot who thinks he is smart ?

Maybe you should elaborate.. that doesnt make much sense..

If your so smart , how can you also be an idiot..
No elaboration needed, your previous post speaks by itself.:thumbsup

GiveIntoMe 06-05-2006 11:56 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by NTSS
Leading Spammer to Pay $1 Million

One of the worlds notorious spammers has settled lawsuits with
the state of Texas and Microsft Corp. that cost him at least
$1 million, took away most of his assets and forced him to stop
sending the nuisance e-mails.

Ryan Pitylak, 24, who graduated from the University of Texas last month,
has admitted sending 25 million e-mails everyday at the height of his
spamming operation in 2004. As part of the settlement with Microsoft,
Pitylak promised never again to send out false, misleading or unsolicited commercial e-mails. He said he would sell his $430,000 house and a 2005 BMW to help pay his fines and legal bills.

-Associated Press


Should happen more often and I'm surprised there was no mention of any criminal charges.
And I thought theres no money in spamming :)

CaptainWolfy 06-05-2006 11:59 AM
crime doesn't pay:P

madawgz 06-05-2006 11:59 AM
wtf, that sucks :(

i guess he has money stored away somewhere :)

iBanker 06-05-2006 12:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by directfiesta
10 others took his place ...

Another lost war, like the one on drugs...
Valid point.

Pornwolf 06-05-2006 12:06 PM
If he was spamming heavy enough to get hit with this fine he was making waaaay more than $1million.

Jimmy The Juggernaut 06-05-2006 12:09 PM
'you might be able to stop one of us, but you cant stop us all'

circlekhabib 06-05-2006 12:09 PM
Quote:
10 others took his place ...
Another lost war, like the one on drugs...
maybe so but still worth fighting as long as
1 more gets fined or put away.

fuck them all

germ 06-05-2006 12:16 PM
microsoft clan aint nothin to fuck with.

V_RocKs 06-05-2006 12:31 PM
I bought his spammed products!

I actually liked that guy!

smack 06-05-2006 12:40 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by directfiesta
10 others took his place ...

Another lost war, like the one on drugs...

exactley. and out of those 10 others, 9 are probably based in locations out of reach of the US law.

NTSS 06-05-2006 12:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by madawgz
wtf, that sucks :(

i guess he has money stored away somewhere :)

He probably paid for his college tuition too...smart man...i guess...sorta

XPays 06-05-2006 12:44 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
big whoop , he sells the house and car to me declares bankruptcy and buys it back for next to nothing. problem solved..

That took about 2 seconds :)
um- sounds good in theory but Microsoft is an asset stalker. people who defaulted on judgements for example 3 years ago are still getting hit up as Microsoft's lawyers hunt down assets to attach....


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