Re: Spammer Goes to Prison
am 16.05.2005 06:04:11 von Alan ConnorOn comp.mail.misc, in
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16264
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> First to fall under New York's new identity thief statute
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> By Nick Farrell: Tuesday 01 June 2004, 10:19 THE BUFFALO
> SPAMMER is no longer free to roam after being banged up for
> seven years.
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> Howard Carmack was convicted on 14 counts of forgery, fraud,
> identity theft and other crimes earlier this year and was sent
> down yesterday.
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> Friends for the prosecution said that Carmack sent out hundreds
> of millions of email ads as part of a fraud scheme. He was
> charged with nicking the identity of two people to open
> internet access accounts with EarthLink. He also forged the
> headers of emails sent from the EarthLink accounts, and was
> caught by Inspector Knacker with software designed to create
> forged emails.
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> Carmack used 343 stolen identities to sign up for email
> accounts through which he sent about 825 million spam emails
> flogging spamming software, herbal sexual stimulants and bulk
> email lists. You are bound to have seen his work captured for
> ever in your spam filter or in-box.
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> He had to hand over a lot of his hard earned cash last year
> when EarthLink won a $US16.4 million civil judgment against
> him. However the criminal prosecution was the first to fall
> under New York's recently enacted identity theft statute.
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> Spinsters for Earthlink were over the moon at the result. In a
> statement they warned other spammers that they could face more
> of the same.
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> I know that the spammers masquerading as spam-fighters on these
> groups think they are clever, but anyone with 2 brain brain
> cells to rub together has them nailed.
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> Time to start sweating, gals and guys: One little Court Order
> and the logs of every server you use will be open books, and/or
> there will be a packet logger on all of their interfaces...
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> Putting someone else's email address on the From: line *is*
> identity theft:
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> You are pretending to be someone else.
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> I have the headers/bodies of every single post made by anyone
> who has displayed the fanatical hate for Challenge-Responses
> that only a spammer could muster.
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> As well as the entire mails of anyone who has caused a C-R to
> be sent from my system.
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> I wonder who would be interested in these archives...The FBI?
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>:-)
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> AC
Interesting article, Alan. Good work.
:-)
AC