US state acts to stop 'spammers'
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The Texas attorney general launches a lawsuit against two men it says are spammers.
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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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In a Feb. 7 story about cellular "spam," The Associated Press erroneously described a list published by the Federal Communications Commission aimed at stopping unwanted commercial e-mail and text messages sent to cell phones. It is a list of domain names to which telemarketers may not send e-mail without permission from cell phone subscribers, not listings of the Web sites that transmit unwanted data.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly declared a victory in the war on unwanted e-mail yesterday, as a Florida spammer agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a state lawsuit alleging violations of a new federal antispam law.
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The Justice Department begins a nationwide crackdown against spammers. Also: The EU extends its review of Microsoft's deal with Time Warner & hellip;. Sprint finds a third cable partner to offer VoIP & hellip;. and more.
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All spams must be of regulation size and weightâ¦ The European Commission called for stronger action against spammers and spy ware merchants today and said it may bring in further legislation to combat the problem.â¦
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A Norwegian commission has proposed a law that would punish spammers, or senders of junk e-mail, with fines and up to three years in prison.
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For spammers, it&#39;s been a summer of love. Two newly issued reports tracking the circulation of unsolicited e-mails say pornographic spam dominated this summer, nearly all of it originating from Internet addresses in North America.
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To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS  Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2008, TDD: +1- 202-514-1888   WASHINGTON, June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice has recently become aware of fraudulent spam e-mail messages claiming to be from DOJ.
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A screensaver targeting spam-related websites could help drive spammers out of business.
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WASHINGTON, Washington, United States of America -- The first known lawsuit against instant-message spam, sometimes called âspim,â was announced by America Online as part of a campaign to stem unwanted computer messages.
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Arbitration is part of the next wave of security measures, and can be effective against spammers who illegally harvest email addresses from a honeypot on your website.
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A rule prohibiting mobile-phone spam adopted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month doesn't prohibit phone-to-phone text messaging, but FCC officials believe the new rule, combined with a 13-year-old law, should protect U.S. mobile phone customers against unsolicited commercial e-mail.
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US law enforcers have arrested dozens in a crackdown on &quot;spam&quot; e-mail, identity theft and other fraudulent online activity, a person involved in the investigation says.
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Authorities in the US are considering a $250,000 bounty on spammers in an attempt to close them down. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has suggested rewards of anything from $100,000 to $250,000 for information.
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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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Spammers exploit your Achillesâ heel (or other body part).