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Spammer Arrested
Topic Started: May 31 2007, 03:21 AM (294 Views)
Mountain Laurel
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"Goddess of Flowers".
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I didn't write this..but thought it made so much sense.

TO REALIZE

To realize the value of a sister
ask someone who doesn't have one

To realize the value of ten years
ask a newly divorced couple.

To realize the value of 4 years
ask a graduate

To realize the value of one year
ask a student who failed a final exam

To realize the value of 9 months
ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn

To realize the value of 1 month
ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby

To realize the value of 1 week
ask and editor of a weekly newpaper

To realize the value of 1 minute
ask a person who missed the train, bus or plane

To realize the value of a second
ask a person who survived an accident

Time waits for no one
treasure every moment
you will treaure it even more when you can share it with someone special

To realize the value of a friend or family member
lose one.........
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Delovely
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Man described as a top spammer arrested
By GENE JOHNSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer
Thu May 31, 8:02 AM ET


SEATTLE - A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.

Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of compromised "zombie" computers to send out millions upon millions of spam e-mails.

"He's one of the top 10 spammers in the world," said Tim Cranton, a Microsoft Corp. lawyer who is senior director of the company's Worldwide Internet Safety Programs. "He's a huge problem for our customers. This is a very good day."

A federal grand jury last week returned a 35-count indictment against Soloway charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.

Soloway pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to all charges after a judge determined that — even with four bank accounts seized by the government — he was sufficiently well off to pay for his own lawyer.

He has been living in a ritzy apartment and drives an expensive Mercedes convertible, said prosecutor Kathryn Warma. Prosecutors are seeking to have him forfeit $773,000 they say he made from his business, Newport Internet Marketing Corp.

A public defender who represented him for Wednesday's hearing declined to comment.

Prosecutors say Soloway used computers infected with malicious code to send out millions of junk e-mails since 2003. The computers are called "zombies" because owners typically have no idea their machines have been infected.

He continued his activities even after Microsoft won a $7 million civil judgment against him in 2005 and the operator of a small Internet service provider in Oklahoma won a $10 million judgment, prosecutors said.

U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan said Wednesday that the case is the first in the country in which federal prosecutors have used identity theft statutes to prosecute a spammer for taking over someone else's Internet domain name. Soloway could face decades in prison, though prosecutors said they have not calculated what guideline sentencing range he might face.

The investigation began when the authorities began receiving hundreds of complaints about Soloway, who had been featured on a list of known spammers kept by The Spamhaus Project, an international anti-spam organization.

The Santa Barbara County, Calif., Department of Social Services said it was spending $1,000 a week to fight the spam it was receiving, and other businesses and individuals complained of having their reputations damaged when it appeared spam was originating from their computers.

"This is not just a nuisance. This is way beyond a nuisance," Warma said.

Soloway used the networks of compromised computers to send out unsolicited bulk e-mails urging people to use his Internet marketing company to advertise their products, authorities said.

People who clicked on a link in the e-mail were directed to his Web site. There, Soloway advertised his ability to send out as many as 20 million e-mail advertisements over 15 days for $495, the indictment said.

The Spamhaus Project rejoiced at his arrest.

"Soloway has been a long-term nuisance on the Internet — both in terms of the spam he sent, and the people he duped to use his spam service," organizers wrote on Spamhaus.org.

Soloway remained in federal detention pending a hearing Monday.
Some things must be handled smoothly, quietly.

"When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of wisdom are not enough. When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much."
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Melanie
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I hope they throw away the key :bat:
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HAAAANG him! :)
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GreatWhiteHorse
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Damn dirty spammers.

I wonder what they will charge him with?

I mean, couldn't he argue that what he does is no different than sticking fliers in peoples' doors?
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Melanie
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Hmmm... Well Fly-Posting is illegal in the UK...

Maybe they will charge him with nuisance?
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Wouldn't the world be a better place, if every one would stop and realize! Brilliant simply brilliant! :egypt: :wineglass: :shake:
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Fusion
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The best news yet,one less to annoy us. :wall:
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Melanie
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How about... Crimes against humanity :bat:
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Fusion
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they should give him a rope aswell . :lmao:
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