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CAN-SPAM Law Updated
in I got Spam?!, on June 26, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Konstantin Inozemtsev The FTC has made some key changes to the can-spam law:
1. Senders can now use a P.O. Box as their physical address.
2. Nonprofits are now required to comply with CAN-SPAM.
3. Senders can not require a recipient to pay a fee or vis...
FTC Weakens CAN-SPAM Act
in I got Spam?!, on June 13, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Steve Dibblee
The FTC made changes to the can-spam act and at least one of them is a boon to spammers. The new rules regarding the required opt-out feature now dictate that only one of senders of a spam message need be designated as the official sender-th...
Yahoo Sues Lottery Spammers
in I got Spam?!, on May 29, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Yong Hian Lim
Yahoo has filed suit against a group of scammers. The spam mails claimed the recipent had won a lottery run by Yahoo. In reality there is no Yahoo sponsored lottery and anyone who tried to claim the bogus prize had their personal information stolen...
4 Ways to Prevent Cell Phone Spam
in I got Spam?!, on March 21, 2008
by IamSAM.
Text messaging has become indispensible to many people, especially the teenage set. Unfortunately it also means it has become a big target for spammers, and what makes SMS spam even worse than the kind filling up inboxes is that the receiver gets charged for each one they get, unles...
The World's Biggest Spam Sender Is....
in I got Spam?!, on October 27, 2007
When you get a spam message you probably think it came from some far away country. Russia perhaps, or maybe China. With the CAN-SPAM act many people assume spammers here in the U.S. don't have a chance. Wrong! According to a report released by security firm Sophos , the country sending the m...
Two Men Sentenced for Running International Pornographic Spamming Business
in I got Spam?!, on October 12, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Two men have been sentenced to more than five years in prison for organizing and running an international pornographic spamming business that grossed over $1 million, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Interim U.S...
Don't mess with a spammer, you might get fined!
in I got Spam?!, on November 28, 2006
Only in America a victim can get even more traumatized and forced to pay absurdly high fines. Is our legal system a big mockery, a flight over a Cuckoo 's nest? Cnet News reports about Mark Mumma, a spam fighter, who received unsolicited e-mail from a cruise vacation company, and post...
CAN-SPAM - a big bag of nothing?
in I got Spam?!, on November 8, 2006
Jim Harper over at cato@liberty ponders that CAN- spam is not worth even the paper it is written on. Or disc space if you wish. In fact it is costing us a lot of $$, and does nothing really.
He points out to the TechWeb article , which says:
"MX Logic also noted that the percenta...
Spamhaus gets a $11 mil fine
in I got Spam?!, on September 20, 2006
Although the title sounds bombastic, you have to know that the beloved blacklist spam operator cannot be forced to pay the fee, as the Spamhaus organization is not located in USA.
But, first thing first, Spamhaus was sued by a man claiming that the organization was blacklisting all of his doma...
Laws, Filters Working To Reduce Spam E-Mail
in Philoneist, on December 21, 2005
E-Mail filtering firm MX Logic has released data regarding the level of spam messages entering their system, which is down to 67% of its traffic from 73.66% for the first eight months of 2005 as opposed to the same time period in 2004. US government measures, such as the CAN-Spam law (Controlli...