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Howard Carmack the "Buffalo Spammer" sentenced to 7 years. (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1602585,00.asp)

Yea! Now if we can just get the others....

There are around 90 people in Florida who send most of the world's spam. How hard can it be to arrest the lot? Someone remind me what the FBI is for. :roll:

There are around 90 people in Florida who send most of the world's spam. How hard can it be to arrest the lot? Someone remind me what the FBI is for. :roll:

Certainly my good sir.

"to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats and to enforce the criminal laws of the United States."

The man was doing illegal stuff....not just spamming

urge to spam... falling..

The trolls are next!

The trolls are next!

I can imagine it now...

You are being arrested for insulting a Chinese man across the Pacific. You have the right to....blah blah blah

The man was doing illegal stuff....not just spamming
Spamming on its own should be illegal. And I doubt any of the hundred spams mails I get every day are from legitimate businesses.

The trolls are next!

wrong kind of spam :roll:

Spamhaus.org must be loving this!

This is the second time I've heard that a spammer was arrested for doing what everybody hates... SPAM.

First, it was the Lin brothers up in Michigan (I believe) and now this schmuck.

Hang them all, I say.
:twisted:

I saw the story last night and wondered when it would make its way here. :lol:

Howard Carmack the "Buffalo Spammer" sentenced to 7 years. (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1602585,00.asp)

Yea! Now if we can just get the others....

7 Years?

This guy will be out in 7 months! All he will do, is have to time to learn from the cronies what real crime is and the nature inmate love.

Someone remind me what the FBI is for.

mostly harassing anarchists and trying to frame people.