Top Spammer Arrested

BarTopDancer · 05-31-2007, 09:34 AM

Story here.

Somehow I doubt this will decrease the amount of Spam I get. Though since I use gmail I rarely see any of it.

Tref · 06-01-2007, 02:22 AM

According to the article, Robert Alan Soloway is a legend in the burgeoning spamming community. He's the guy what came up with the idea of adding a series of seemingly random letters at the end of the e-mail subject line. I always wondered about those letters --- what did they mean? Why were they there? I guess we'll never know. And Soloway, well, I reckon old man Soloway took that answer with him to the grave.

JWBear · 06-01-2007, 09:18 AM

Good riddance!

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-01-2007, 10:36 AM

I wonder, are all the companies that advertise through spam also based in those other countries out of the reach of US and European law?

Alex · 06-01-2007, 10:47 AM

Anybody else remembering Canter & Siegel* first hand? Boy was that a fun brouhaha. One of those situations where somehow the worst-case doomsayers manage to be right in pretty every respect except how horrible the worst cat will actually be.

I used to have a faux concert tour shirt where each "stop" was a USENET group that they hit (but not all of them).

Unfortunately it burned in my Hawaii house fire.

*For those who don't know, back in 1994 Canter & Siegel were two immigration lawyers credited with being the first commercial spammers (spam already existed).

Gn2Dlnd · 06-01-2007, 03:56 PM

Why is it that I have post dated spam in my spam folder? Today is 6/1, I'm looking at a 6/2 3:27am , a 6/2 3:30 pm, and a 6/3 6:56 pm e-mail, all making promises backed up by the obligatory mention of Ron Jeremy.

How have I received spam from the future?

BarTopDancer · 06-01-2007, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Why is it that I have post dated spam in my spam folder? Today is 6/1, I'm looking at a 6/2 3:27am , a 6/2 3:30 pm, and a 6/3 6:56 pm e-mail, all making promises backed up by the obligatory mention of Ron Jeremy.

How have I received spam from the future?

Do you see any polar bears or smoke monsters?

Betty · 06-01-2007, 05:06 PM

Well - I didn't expect it to happen - nor do I expect it to continue - but my work email spam was substantially less. I normally come in to about 200 spams in my inbox that have not been filtered out by spamassassin or the various other filters I have set up. Today, there was only about 30. throughout the day I normally receive a ton more - today - only a trickle.

If this one guy is responsible for all I am amazed! What an operation. Of course, they also need to make an example out of him and continue to do so with anyone else who's guilty on that magnatude.

Tref · 06-02-2007, 01:42 PM

This just in -- the can this top spammer will be going to will not have its own key.

Gn2Dlnd · 06-02-2007, 02:48 PM

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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	Hi ;) xkiwzicj According to the article, Robert Alan Soloway is a legend in the burgeoning spamming community. He's the guy what came up with the idea of adding a series of seemingly random letters at the end of the e-mail subject line. I always wondered about those letters --- what did they mean? Why were they there? I guess we'll never know. And Soloway, well, I reckon old man Soloway took that answer with him to the grave. __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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06-01-2007, 10:47 AM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Anybody else remembering Canter & Siegel* first hand? Boy was that a fun brouhaha. One of those situations where somehow the worst-case doomsayers manage to be right in pretty every respect except how horrible the worst cat will actually be. I used to have a faux concert tour shirt where each "stop" was a USENET group that they hit (but not all of them). Unfortunately it burned in my Hawaii house fire. *For those who don't know, back in 1994 Canter & Siegel were two immigration lawyers credited with being the first commercial spammers (spam already existed).
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06-01-2007, 05:06 PM	#8
Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Well - I didn't expect it to happen - nor do I expect it to continue - but my work email spam was substantially less. I normally come in to about 200 spams in my inbox that have not been filtered out by spamassassin or the various other filters I have set up. Today, there was only about 30. throughout the day I normally receive a ton more - today - only a trickle. If this one guy is responsible for all I am amazed! What an operation. Of course, they also need to make an example out of him and continue to do so with anyone else who's guilty on that magnatude. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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06-02-2007, 01:42 PM	#9
Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	This just in -- the can this top spammer will be going to will not have its own key. __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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