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FTC busts 'world's largest spam operation'
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:45:41 -0700
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via MSNBC.com (AP). [snip] Federal authorities in Chicago say they've shut down one of the largest spam e-mail operations in the world. The Federal Trade Commission says the group generated e-mails promoting sales of prescription drugs and "male enhancement" pills. The FTC says authorities closed the operation by working with their counterparts in New Zealand. The FTC plans to provide more details at a news conference in Chicago later in the day. [snip] Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27181745/ That's news to me -- I'm still getting spam for "male enhancement" products. :-) - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFI9OjMq1pz9mNUZTMRAjzEAKCyZfP5mbh9sKYXzyNgHfIE4+KCWwCguHW6 IqpT244amgWSkl0etGkkg5k= =G7R1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: FTC busts 'world's largest spam operation' Young, Keith (Oct 14)
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