Re: Big spam ring caught...but has anyone seen a reduction?

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Alex Eckelberry
<AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:

> http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/10/15/spam.ring.shutdown.ap/index.html
>
>
> CHICAGO (AP) -- E-mail inboxes may be clogged with a little less spam --
> at least for a while.
>
> Steve Baker announces that the FTC has shut down one of the largest spam
> operations in the world.
>
> Authorities said Tuesday they have shut down one of the largest spam
> operations in the world, a vast network involving countries from New
> Zealand to China and the United States.
>
> The spammers sent out billions of e-mails in recent years encouraging
> people to click through to Web sites that allegedly used false claims to
> peddle prescription drugs, as well as "male enhancement" and weight-loss
> pills.

I had VPXL spam in my e-mail box this morning. We won't see a decrease in
spam.

- - ferg

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