Who Said Spamming is Easy Money?
An email spammer was recently fined $11.2 billion:
An Midwest internet service provider was awarded an $11.2 billion judgment against a Florida man for sending millions of unsolicited e-mails advertising mortgage and debt consolidation services.
With a suit like that the spammer might need to take out a second mortgage or secure a reverse mortgage home loan, and then maybe look for ways to consolidate his debt using a debt consolidation loan. If all else fails maybe he can go for a cash advance payday loan or create guaranteed instant wealth using a multilevel marketing system.
But seriously, with that sort of a fine he is going to have to keep spamming to be able to pay it off. Spam your way out of debt...sounds like an ebook :)
- Y! MyWeb
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Sorry, you made me spill my drink.
US claims are a bit OTT though, dontchathink? Are US lawyers like dutch used car salesmen? As in: aim high and try and meet in the middle ($5.6bn sounds a lot more reasonable no?)
In any case I'm glad my keyboard is snort-proof.......
The Eagles:
"The lure of easy money has a very strong appeal."
(I'd link to it, but they have one of those auto-everything all Flash sites.)
At any rate, I think it's always good to factor in *everything* to do with whatever one wants to do -- which makes the less-than-legal less than appealing. Or should, but it seems that there are those who can't seem to wrap their wits around that thought.
Wasn't actually a fine ...
... it was a judgement in a civil action.
And they emphasise that spam is not illegal - it was the false statements that made the case.