[internetworkers] I'm on a consumer fraud prevention kick today - non-RR users may delete now.
Dan Smith
anilorac at nc.rr.com
Wed Sep 4 12:39:58 EDT 2002
Hey folks! Just curious if anyone got a bunch of spam from useless
companies possibly attempting to defraud consumers? Oddly, all have
been registered to US states, not EU or Asian companies.
RR won't confirm if their anti-spam server is working, or not.
It pissed me off enough to forward all them to both the NC AG, and the
respective AG's where the domains are registered. I doubt much can be
done about it, but it made me feel better, and if the AG's get enough
consumer fraud complaints, just MAYBE in time they will have the teeth
to shut the companies down, or at least fine them into non-existence.
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing the spam bastards spend some time in
jail, but that is a pipe dream at the moment.
I read an article recently which reported 90% of the spam is sent by
only about half dozen people. One person in particular is responsible
for something like 25%, and owns a spam farm in a state with even more
lax regulations than NC. I wish I had bookmarked the link.
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