[SignalZero]

Spammer gets 9 in slammer

LEESBURG, Va. - For all who spend half the day cleaning junk E-mail from their inboxes, rejoice in this: A man convicted in the nation's first felony case against illegal spamming was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday!

Jeremy Jaynes was considered among the top 10 spammers in the world at the time of his arrest, using the Internet to peddle pornography and sham products and services such as a "FedEx refund processor," U.S. prosecutors said. Thousands of people fell for his E-mails, and prosecutors said his operation grossed $750,000 per month.

Jaynes, 30, was convicted in November of using false Internet addresses and aliases to send millions of E-mail ads. Defense attorney David Oblon called the sentence too harsh and vowed an appeal.

[Chadforpresidentin08]

Finally some law comes to e-mails and stuff like that.

[GangGreenGuy]

Spammer gets 9 in slammer

LEESBURG, Va. - For all who spend half the day cleaning junk E-mail from their inboxes, rejoice in this: A man convicted in the nation's first felony case against illegal spamming was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday!

Jeremy Jaynes was considered among the top 10 spammers in the world at the time of his arrest, using the Internet to peddle pornography and sham products and services such as a "FedEx refund processor," U.S. prosecutors said. Thousands of people fell for his E-mails, and prosecutors said his operation grossed $750,000 per month.

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Deleting junk E-mail is the least egregious part with these guys.

I’ve seen people who had there E-mail address’s hijacked and used to mail hundreds of thousands of e-mails for “Child Pornography� and “Peni$ Enlargement Drugs�.

It’s big business - these guys make hundreds of thousand of dollars each year exploiting holes in “Windows�, sad part is most people don’t realize how much in peril they are until it happens.

Most antivirus programs will not protect you if you are visiting questionable sites.