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A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Detroit man described as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail to more than four years in prison for his role in a 2005 stock fraud scheme that netted him $2.7 million.
Facebook said Thursday a California court has awarded the social networking Web site $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace.
No one here on Al Gore’s Great Green Internet is truly shocked or surprised that Twitter is going through the exact same growing pains experienced by every single social network that ever existed.
A Michigan man described as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of defrauding people by manipulating Chinese stock prices.
The makers of Spam, long a symbol of frugality, are advertising the often-maligned canned pork as a way to relieve boredom at the dinner table as the recession wears on.
The giant Conficker computer worm, once feared as an out-of-control Internet doomsday machine, seems to have settled — for now — on trying to make money in very predictable ways.
There are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They're environmentally unfriendly.
The Supreme Court will not consider reinstating Virginia's anti-spam law, among the nation's toughest in banning unsolicited e-mails.
Virginia's attorney general asked the nation's highest court Thursday to revive a state anti-spam law struck down by a lower court as unconstitutionally overbroad.
Israel has gotten fed up with spam. Anyone who sends out messages without receiving the recipient's consent can now be slapped with a big fine.
E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk e-mail gangs.
E-mail inboxes may be clogged with a little less spam — at least for a while.
The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.
A 16-year-old who survived when her escaped-convict father fatally shot his wife and a younger daughter told investigators the man lured his family into a sport utility vehicle with promises of a gift and a final goodbye, according to a document released Friday.
There seems to be a lot of spam royalty out there: A Seattle man known as the "spam king" was sentenced to prison Tuesday, while federal officials said someone else with the same criminal nickname escaped from a prison camp in Colorado.
MySpace can collect $6 million from a notorious Internet marketer accused by the popular online hangout of spamming its users.
A lawyer for a man once considered one of the world's most prolific e-mail spammers urged the Virginia Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down a state anti-spam law, arguing it violates free speech protections under the First Amendment.
A notorious "Spam King" and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a federal judge awarded the popular online hangout what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ever.
Chinese authorities said Monday they are investigating complaints that millions of cell phone users were spammed with unwanted text messages from advertisers.
Online advertiser ValueClick Inc. will pay $2.9 million to settle charges that it made deceptive claims in e-mails and online ads, a government agency said Monday.
A man once described as one of the world's top e-mail spammers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, and failure to file a tax return.
A divided Virginia Supreme Court affirmed the nation's first felony conviction for illegal spamming on Friday, ruling that Virginia's anti-spamming law does not violate free-speech rights.
A man described as one of the nation's most prolific senders of spam e-mail was among 11 people accused in an indictment unsealed Thursday of defrauding people by manipulating Chinese stock prices.
Two men who sent millions of unsolicited pornographic e-mails have been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison as part of the first prosecution under a federal anti-spam law, U.S. Department of Justice officials said Friday.
Spammer Responsible For 1/3 of the World's Spam Fined $16 Million by FTCA spammer who was responsible for 1/3 of the world's spam at one point in time, has been fined $16 Million by the US Federal Trade Commission.
Online retailer Topbuy breaches Spam Act by sending emails to consumers without consent The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued a formal warning to online retailer Topbuy, following an investigation that found the company had breached the Spam Act 2003 by sending three commercial electronic messages to consumers without their consent.
Bit.ly Partners with Security Firms to Block Spams, Scams from TwitterBit.ly, the service Twitter uses to shorten URLs to keep them under the service's 140-character limit, announced partnerships on Monday with Verisign, Websense and Sophos that are designed to keep spam and malicious software off of the network.
16 million reasons to hate spamA New Zealand man living in Queensland has been ordered to pay more than $16 million for running what is believed to be the world's largest spam operation.
When I was growing up I used to look forward to Thanksgiving Day because of all of the parades. They were on all of the channels (all 3 of them) and there were parades from not just Macy's in New York, but from Detroit, Chicago, Hollywood and even for awhile Honolulu.
'Spam King' gets 4 years for fraudA West Bloomfield man dubbed by the feds as the "spam king" was sentenced today by a federal judge to more than four years for a stock-fraud scheme that netted him $2.7 million in the summer of 2005.
A year later: A look back at McColoA year ago today, the Internet community witnessed a remarkable event: The unplugging of McColo, a Web hosting facility in Northern California that for a long time controlled a majority of the spam-sending operations on the planet.
Spam campaign targets payment transfer systemA new spam campaign is targeting a financial transfer system that handles trillions of dollars in transactions annually and has proved to be a fertile target of late for online fraudsters.
'Scam comic' kidnapped in NigeriaA prominent Nigerian comic actor who is famous for singing a song about e-mail scams has been kidnapped.
Security firm chokes sprawling spam botnetA botnet that was once responsible for an estimated third of the world's spam has been knocked out of commission thanks to researchers from security firm FireEye.
Spamers Use Pharma Model for Luring CustomersWelcome to the "fakeosphere." Internet marketing veteran and analyst Jay Weintraub says fake blogs – or flogs – fake news sites and manufactured testimonials are the fastest-growing segment of Internet advertising.
Spammer ordered to pay Facebook $711 million A U.S. District Court judge in San Jose has awarded Facebook $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case the social-networking giant filed against online marketer Sanford Wallace, who is known as the "Spam King."
Facebook gets $711 million damages in anti-spam caseSocial networking website Facebook was awarded $711.2 million in damages relating to an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace, court documents show.
Am I the only one out there who's getting spammed with friend requests on facebook from random people I've never met much less heard of? It's one thing for a friend of my friend to go, "Oh I think our mutual friend XYZ told me a story about you this one time I think I'l …
New spam: Your bank has failed, download this TrojanSpam that tells victims their bank has failed urges them to on a link that will tell if their accounts are insured but that really tries to trick them into downloading a Trojan that will turn their machine into a bot.
Operation Eagle Claw nets 18 Nigerian spammersNigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is promising to push the country out of the top ten for fraudulent emails thanks to arrests and proactive action to scan all emails.
$15m fine for SMS scammersTHE operators of a mobile phone text scam that preyed on the desperate and dateless were slammed with $15.8 million in fines for breaching anti-spam laws in Queensland's Federal Court.
Will FOX News call it spam now that its coming from a Republican?A few months ago, a typical Washington mini-scandal erupted after Fox News reported that the White House was sending e-mail to people who never signed up to receive it. Now it looks like a conservative Republican could soon be doing the same thing.
1814 spammers were reported via the Anti-Spam group in September 2009. Bear in mind that this is only the spam reported via the group and not the full extent of spam hitting Newsvine.
The Multinational Nature of SpamI received a spam message the other day that went to my Junk Mail Folder. I decided to take a look at it and dissect it piece by piece. It really is amazing to see how spam crosses so many international borders and exploits so many different machines.
Geeks earn $4600 a day selling penis pills onlineThousands of tech-savvy Eastern Europeans are earning up to $US4000 ($4600) a day for each spam campaign selling illegal penis pills, fake anti-virus software and counterfeit luxury products.
Symantec spam rankings: Illinois down to No. 5 on list of most-spammed statesThe good news is that Illinois is no longer the most heavily spammed state in the country.
New trick by spammers: E-mails that overwhelm filtersShort-lived blasts of viral e-mail are sweeping across the Internet, posing an intensified risk to e-mail users. Last week, an e-mail message purporting to come from the IRS began swamping e-mail systems across America.
US Dems fill inboxes with 419 scamsScammers pumping out emails that try to trick recipients into parting with large sums of cash are getting a helping hand from the Democratic National Committee.
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