List of spammers explained

This is a list of individuals and organizations noteworthy for engaging in bulk electronic spamming, either on their own behalf or on behalf of others. It is not a list of all spammersonly those whose actions have attracted substantial independent attention.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tate. Ryan. The Seedy, Spammy Past of Airbnb's Co-Founder. 2020-07-23. Gawker. en.
  2. Web site: 2003-05-12. The Spamhaus Project - Data-Miners.net - Nathan Blecharczyk. 2020-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20030512215305/http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/spammers.lasso?-database=spammers.db&-layout=detail&-response=roksodetail.lasso&recno=1145&-clientusername=guest&-clientpassword=guest&-search. 2003-05-12.
  3. Web site: Spammers hit below men's belts. The New Zealand Herald. August 15, 2003. November 7, 2009.
  4. News: Battle for the Soul of the Internet. https://web.archive.org/web/20070107130913/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981132,00.html. dead. January 7, 2007. Time. March 18, 2005. November 7, 2009.
  5. News: Confessions of a Spam King. Hitt. Jack. The New York Times. September 28, 2003. November 7, 2009.
  6. Web site: Rizza . Joe . Who Was Educating Your Children? . Antonnews.com . 2013-07-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130808072852/http://www.antonnews.com/threevillagetimes/2001/04/13/news/ . 2013-08-08 .
  7. Book: Spam Kings: The Real Story behind the High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills, and %*@)# Enlargements . Brian McWilliams . . 2004 . 978-0-596-00732-4 . registration .
  8. News: Escaped 'Spam King' murders family. Associated Press. July 28, 2008. November 7, 2009. Melbourne.
  9. News: Spammer jailed for £1.6m net scam. BBC News. 16 November 2005. November 7, 2009.
  10. Web site: UK spammer jailed over £1.6m scam. Wearden. Graeme. ZDNet UK. 17 November 2005. 3 May 2010.
  11. News: AOL v. Davis Wolfgang Hawke, et al. . . 2004 . August 18, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070717043236/http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dljunk/hawke.html . July 17, 2007 .
  12. News: American Nationalist Party . . 2007 . 2007-08-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070909112049/http://www.adl.org/backgrounders/anp.asp . 2007-09-09 .
  13. Web site: Tagged.com gets slapped by San Francisco DA . LegalNewsline . 2010-04-25 . April 12, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100415034142/http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/226600-tagged.com-gets-slapped-by-san-francisco-da . April 15, 2010 .
  14. Web site: Social Net Tagged Agrees To Destroy Allegedly Ill-Begotten Email Addresses . https://web.archive.org/web/20110205141430/http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=121963 . 2011-02-05 . February 8, 2010 . Wendy . Davis . MediaPost .
  15. News: The Sleazy Life and Nasty Death of Russia's Spam King. Wired. March 2, 2006. Mark. Looy. July 19, 2009.
  16. Web site: Alleged Operator of Kelihos Botnet Extradited From Spain. www.justice.gov. 2 February 2018 . en. 2018-02-03.
  17. Jonathan A. Zdziarski (2005) Ending Spam: Bayesian Content Filtering and the Art of Statistical Language Classification. No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, USA. (p. 15)
  18. http://www.rahul.net/falk/Lip/
  19. News: Simon. Mallory. Man allegedly responsible for a third of your spam e-mail to be arraigned. CNN. December 3, 2010. December 3, 2010.
  20. News: Associated Press. Spam king settles with Texas, Microsoft. NBC News. June 4, 2006. June 4, 2006.
  21. News: Detroit Spammer and Four Co-Conspirators Plead Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar E-Mail Stock Fraud Scheme . United States Department of Justice . June 22, 2009 . June 25, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090626003411/http://detroit.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/de062209.htm . June 26, 2009 .
  22. Web site: Dave Rhodes. November 7, 2009.
  23. Web site: Open Letter from Brad Smith, Microsoft General Counsel. . August 9, 2005. November 25, 2009.
  24. Web site: World Wide Web – MySpace Takes On the 'Spam King' . Toptechnews.com . 2013-07-07.
  25. News: Shadowy Russian Firm Seen as Conduit for Cybercrime. Krebs. Brian. Washington Post. October 13, 2009. November 7, 2009.
  26. News: Feds: Spamming made millions for dropout. Associated Press. September 12, 2005. July 18, 2009.
  27. Web site: Notorious spammer Christopher 'Rizler' Smith smacked down, again. January 26, 2006. May 4, 2010.
  28. Web site: Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment as to Defendant Jody Michael Smith. Federal Trade Commission . 2009-11-04 . 2014-05-26.
  29. Web site: FBI — Business Manager for National and International Counterfeit Goods/Spam Operation Pleads Guilty . Fbi.gov . 2013-07-07.
  30. Web site: One of world's top 10 spammers held in Seattle. NBC News. May 31, 2007. May 4, 2010.
  31. Web site: Spam Turns 30 And Never Looked Healthier. Claburn. Thomas. May 2, 2008. November 7, 2009. December 8, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091208081529/http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207500296. dead.
  32. News: Opening Pandora's In-Box . Los Angeles Times . May 11, 2003 . May 8, 2010 . David . Streitfeld.
  33. News: EarthLink wins $25 million lawsuit against junk e-mailer . Biz Journals . Jul 22, 2002.
  34. News: Life In Spamalot . Deborah . Scoblionkov . https://web.archive.org/web/19990221171301/http://www.citypaper.net/articles/012298/hr1.shtml . dead . February 21, 1999 . Philadelphia City Paper . January 22, 1998 . October 30, 2009 .
  35. News: Sanford Wallace: Facebook Wins $711 Million In Case Against 'Spam King' . Huffington Post . October 30, 2009.
  36. News: Facebook says prosecution of billion-dollar spammer not over.