[lbo-talk] Buffalo spammer arrested!

[Shane Taylor]

Doug Henwood fwd'd:
> AtNewYork.com - May 14, 2003
>
> 'Buffalo Spammer' Arrested
> By Ryan Naraine
>
> Howard Carmack, the notorious 'Buffalo Spammer'
> accused of sending more than 825 million
> unsolicited e-mails from illegal EarthLink (Quote,
> Company Info) accounts, has been arrested and
> arraigned in New York on four felony and two
> misdemeanor counts.
>
> New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer heralded
> the case as the first criminal prosecution of a
> spammer under New York's six-month-old
> identity-theft statute. "Spammers who forge
> documents and steal the identity of others to create
> their e-mail traffic will be prosecuted," Spitzer said
> at a press conference.

There was a figure on the BBC a week or so ago that 90% of spam comes
from 180 individuals.

-- Shane

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