Kiwis nail a Mr Big of the spam world

**MIG-31** · Dec 22, 2008, 06:04 PM

A New Zealand man living in Australia has agreed to pay fines totalling $92,715 after admitting his role in an international spam email operation said to be responsible for sending out billions of unsolicited emails in recent years.

Lance Atkinson, 26, of Pelican Waters in Queensland, is also facing charges in the US where a court has frozen his assets at the request of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which also succeeded in having the spam network shut down.
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Source: SMH.com.au
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Iria · Dec 22, 2008, 07:47 PM

Problem with anything like this, is the spam lessening seems only temporary.

Which is why (plug) I use Gmail. It is great at blocking spam, and if you forward your personal email (like my own domain) to it, it blocks it as well.

Dec 22, 2008, 06:04 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,770 Rep Power: 444 System Specs	Kiwis nail a Mr Big of the spam world A New Zealand man living in Australia has agreed to pay fines totalling $92,715 after admitting his role in an international spam email operation said to be responsible for sending out billions of unsolicited emails in recent years. Lance Atkinson, 26, of Pelican Waters in Queensland, is also facing charges in the US where a court has frozen his assets at the request of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which also succeeded in having the spam network shut down. ____________ Source: SMH.com.au Thanks to pigdog for the submit. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Dec 22, 2008, 07:47 PM	#2
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Re: Kiwis nail a Mr Big of the spam world Problem with anything like this, is the spam lessening seems only temporary. Which is why (plug) I use Gmail. It is great at blocking spam, and if you forward your personal email (like my own domain) to it, it blocks it as well.