Facebook Wins $711 Million From Spammer

[steven johnson]

Source: Information Week

Facebook has won yet another massive judgment against a spammer who already owes $234 million to MySpace.
A California federal judge on Thursday granted Facebook's request for a default judgment against Sanford Wallace, who is known to have been involved with spamming since the mid-1990s and with junk faxing before that.
Court documents indicate that Wallace and an associate who was later dropped from the case spammed Facebook users with phishing messages. Those who clicked on the links and submitted login information to phishing sites allowed Wallace and his associate to then spam the phishing victim's friends, in turn generating more potential phishing victims. Facebook claims that Wallace also received payment for redirecting some spam recipients to Web sites that pay for referrals.
Facebook sought damages of more than $7 billion dollars, as allowed under the CAN-SPAM Act and the California business code.


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[Roland99]

1. Wallace is such a piece of shit! That douche needs some JAIL time!

[wroberts189]

4. +1

[hyphenate]

2. And yet, we still get just as many other ads running

that are from sleazy businesses and dubious game sites--whatever Evony is, they show scantily dressed females, to give a little thrill to all who see it, to companies that will give you an "IQ" test, but the fine print is that if you fall for it, you are joining a company that sells shit for $10 a month. I think it's freaking ringtones for your cellphone. I've learned to adapt my own sounds for ringtones--anyone smart enough to plug their cellphone data card into the computer and upload their own choice tones can do it--it's not that hard.

But I guess we have to have some sort of advertising, since we're using their programs and stuff.

[wroberts189]

3. Sanford Wallace should have been put in jail 14 years ago. nt knr

[IDFbunny]

5. Guantanamo is too good for him.

[Hawkeye-X]

6. Spamford Wallace's great-great-great-great-great grandson

won't be done paying off the debt that Sanford Wallace has amassed...

Hawkeye-X

[dysfunctional press]

8. debt doesn't get passed along to heirs.

[Hawkeye-X]

9. This should be made into a special exception to the rule.

Spamford Wallace is one of the WORST spammer in Internet history.

Hawkeye-X

[d_b]

7. send a mil my way

thanks fb