Dozens Charged in Push Against Spam and Scams
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Federal and state law enforcement agencies have quietly arrested or charged dozens of people with crimes related to junk e-mail, identity theft and other online scams.
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A federal grand jury in Detroit has  indicated a Michigan man dubbed the "spam king," and 10 others,  in an international illegal bulk e-mailing and stock fraud  scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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Regulators, ISPs, governments and the police have been called on by the European Commission to boost their antispam efforts.
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Security firm Sophos said that many home users&#39; computers are sending out spam because they have had their broadband internet connections exploited.
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In an attempt to stem the growing tide of online scams, identity theft and the proliferation of junk e-mail, the Justice Department and state law enforcement officials have initiated what
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Members of a "pump-and-dump" spam group face prison terms, civil charges filed by the SEC.
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Prosecutors have charged 11 people in California, Texas and Washington state with conspiring to distribute more than $30 million of counterfeit computer software and products.
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Amazon.com and Microsoft have joined to push what they described as a &quot;wake-up call&quot; to spammers, filing lawsuits against defendants they say sent millions of pieces of spam and who attempted
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John Ashcroft, the attorney General of the US, is expected to announce on Thursday dozens of lawsuits against alleged spammers following a low key campaign against the practise across the US.
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Application that claimed to "spam the spammers" caused much controversy.
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A federal grand jury in Detroit has  indicted a Michigan man dubbed the "spam king," and 10 others,  in an international illegal bulk e-mailing and stock fraud  scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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More than 100 people have been arrested following the US law enforcement agencies&#39; latest offensive against Internet related crime.
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Several antispam organizations have been targeted by an attempt to knock them offline.
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Watchdogs in the Netherlands have taken the first strike in an ongoing campaign against unsolicited e-mail by levying fines against three spammers.
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In a second round of lawsuits announced on Thursday, four major US Internet service providers (ISPs) are taking on senders of e-mail spam and unwanted commercial messages sent via instant messaging.
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Microsoft, America Online (AOL), Yahoo and Earthlink have filed a handful of lawsuits against spammers, allegedly targeting some of the world&#39;s largest unsolicited mail offenders.
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Eleven people were indicted for allegedly sending millions of unsolicited e-mails intended to inflate the price of Chinese penny stocks.