Robert Soloway, known as the "Spam King", is Arrested!Robert Soloway widely considered most prolific spammer in the world, is now in the custody of federal agents. He is known to have sent millions of spam e-mails, so many in fact that we all should see a decrease in the amount of spam we recieve according to some officials. Government officials say all of his spam should come to an immediate end.Robert Soloway is facing a 35 count indictment including charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, email fraud, identity theft and money laundering. Yet we have to ask after the last 'Big Spammer' got off so easy, are the spam laws tough enough to put a real dent in the spam e-mails we recieve?Microsoft won a seven million dollar judgement against Robert Soloway and yet afterwards he continued to send spam e-mails out. He like other spammers often used names or addresses of real people and real businesses to hide his identity.While the people we talk to do not expect any real decline in spam we can always hope that with each new arrest we are closer to the end of our inbox frustrations.Personally I believe spam will continue unabated for the time being. Yet I believe every effort should be made to stem the flow of spam e-mails now and in the future. Spam costs individuals and companies many man hours of time and that translates to big money in the long run. Everyone should help fight spam every chance they get. |
Friday, June 1, 2007
"Spam King" Arrested in Seattle
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