RE: FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard

["Justin Polazzo" <jpolazzo () thesportsauthority com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Fergie
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:06 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook -- Hard

Via The FTC.

[snip]

An Internet marketer will pay a $900,000 civil penalty for violating the
CAN-SPAM Act, the largest penalty yet for illegal spam, according to the
Federal Trade Commission. The company also is permanently prohibited
from its unlawful practices, according to a consent decree signed by the
company.

According to the FTC, since July 2002, San Francisco-based Jumpstart
Technologies LLC,
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900k is A drop in the bucket considering what jumpstart has made since
July 2002, which is obviously enough to, well.. run a company for four
years :-)

-JP

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