Tuesday, August 9, 2011

"Spam King" Surrenders.

Sanford Wallace, a.k.a. "the Spam King," has surrendered to federal law
enforcement agents in California. Wallace has been charged with sending
millions of spam messages to Facebook users. He allegedly tricked users
into submitting their account login details. An estimated 500,000
Facebook accounts were compromised. Once he had access to compromised
accounts, he accessed their friends lists and posted junk messages on
their walls. Facebook won a US $711 million judgment against Wallace in
2009. Wallace faces charges of electronic mail fraud, intentional damage
to a protected computer and criminal contempt. He has been released
after posting US $100,000 bail.

I doubt many people are feeling sorry for him.

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