December 13th, 2011 → 8:00 am @ Sue Walsh
A judge awarded Yahoo! over $600 million in damages in the conclusion of a lawsuit filed in 2008. In the suit, the company claimed the unnamed spammers infringed on their trademarks and harmed the brand by using them in a campaign …
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Yahoo! Awarded Millions in Spam Case
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March 11th, 2011 → 2:39 am @ Sue Walsh
Ten people have been indicted on federal charges for running a Nigerian spam operation in California. The scam, which targeted senior citiczens, raked in over $1 million. The spammers sent out messages claiming the recipients had inherited huge sums of money from distant relatives. All the recipients had to do was send a small processing [...]
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Ten Scammers Indicted in Nigerian Spam Scam
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September 13th, 2010 → 7:29 am @ Sue Walsh
A Nigerian man living in the US and married to an American citizen was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his part in a Nigerian scam (also known an advanced payment or 419 scam after the section in the Nigerian penal code that makes it illegal). Prosecutors say Okpako Mike Diamreyan scammed over a million [...]
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Man Gets 12 Years in Prison for Nigerian Spam Scam
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August 5th, 2010 → 6:55 am @ John P Mello Jr
Spammers appear to have taken their summer vacation in July, if the junk mail that evaded my gauntlet of garbage filters is any indication of their activities during the period. They stuck to shopworn and even hoary pitches with little in the way of inventiveness.
One vein that was worked extensively prior to July faked support [...]
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Spammers lack imagination in July
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August 2nd, 2010 → 4:55 am @ Sue Walsh
A new spam campaign has a disturbing twist. The messages aren’t selling anything or attempting to lure the recipients to a malicious site. Instead, they tell them they have only days to live.
With subject lines like “Somebody you call friend wants you dead!” they can’t help but get the recipient’s attention. The message is even [...]
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New Spam Campaign Delivers Death Threats
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