Dutch watchdog fines spammers
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In the Netherlands, the Dutch telecommunications watchdog, in accordance with the nation&#39;s ban on spam, has issued its first fines to spammers.
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U.S. law enforcement officials promise more spam-related prosecutions.
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Services try different approaches to sender authentication to halt spam.
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Two spammers have been convicted of three charges of sending thousands of junk e-mails through servers located in Virginia. Jeremy Jaynes was sentenced to nine years in prison and Jessica DeGroot was fined $7,500 (Â£4,075).
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Dutch authorities have issued their first fines for spam originating in the country.
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The European Commission urged member states to beef up the fight against unwanted Internet &quot;spam&quot; messages and malicious spyware, citing the Dutch approach to the problem as an effective model.
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Sanctions against botnet operators The Federal Trade Commission, the US consumer rights watchdog, has succeeded in shutting down four illegal spamming operations judged to have breached federal anti-spam laws. Targets of the lawsuits included an operation that offered the supposed chance to "date lonely wives" and two outfits that allegedly bombarded unwilling recipients with lurid ads for pornographic web sites, sent via compromised PCs.â¦
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A North Carolina man has become the latest example of Virginia's crackdown on spam, after being found guilting for sending hundreds of thousands of unwanted advertising e-mails. Jeremy Jaynes, considered one of the top ten spammers in the world by Spamhaus, was sentenced to nine years in prison. "This is a major victory for Virginians and all Americans," said Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore in a statement.
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A bounty system for catching spammers would need to offer whistleblowers rewards of $100,000 to $250,000 to be effective, the Federal Trade Commission said.
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Millions of PCs infected Telecoms watchdog OPTA has fined three Dutch firms and their two directors a total of â¬1m for the illegal distribution of spyware.â¦
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A plan to bump up the bandwidth bills of spammers seems to be getting out of control. Earlier this week Lycos Europe released a screensaver that bombards spam websites with data to try to increase the cost of running such sites.
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Challenge/response e-mails accidentally marked as spam by AOL and EarthLink.
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By JENNIFER C. KERR    WASHINGTON  -- What would it take to get someone to turn in one of those spammers who send millions of unwanted e-mails? At least $100,000, the Federal Trade Commission figures...
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A screensaver targeting spam-related websites could help drive spammers out of business.
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One of the top 10 spammers in the US has been sentenced to nine years in prison for illegal spam activities under Virginia&#39;s anti-spam law.
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[Johannesburg, 12 October 2004] - International consumer law enforcers from 29 countries were yesterday urged to work together to combat the growing threat of spam.
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Members of a "pump-and-dump" spam group face prison terms, civil charges filed by the SEC.