Pump and dump gang raked in millions Notorious spammer Alan Ralsky and ten others have been indicted in the US over the alleged use of junk mail to promote stock fraud scams.… ...full story at the register (uk)
from the register (uk) on Fri, Jan 04 2008
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| 04 Jan 08 |
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Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted » slashdot Several users have written to tell us that notorious spammer Alan Ralsky has been indicted along with ten others on 41 counts of spam-related illegal activity. Ralsky has had trouble with the law in the past, and the current litany of charges includes... |
| 16 Oct 08 |
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Ralsky confidant agrees to rat out notorious spam gang » the register (uk) Second co-defendant also said to plead guilty A woman accused of aiding notorious spam kingpin Alan Ralsky in a relentless junkmail torrent has admitted to sending tens of millions spam messages and agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of her boss. A... |
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New Flavour of Spam - MP3 Stock Scams » slashdot An anonymous reader writes "Spammers are back with a new trick, this time round sending messages with MP3 attachments that contain the latest pump-and-dump stock scams. One sample identified by Sophos was a heavily distorted 30-second MP3 file. A... |
| 04 Oct 07 |
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And now for something completely different: Good news regarding spam » the register (uk) SEC beats up on pump-and-dump junk mail In the ever-escalating world of cyber insecurity, it's rare to find good news. And yet the Security and Exchange Commission on Thursday did just that as it reviewed data showing stock-touting junk mail has dropped... |
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King of Spam Faces 26 Years in Prison » digg The notorious spammer authorities dubbed "the King of Spam" is facing a possible 26-year jail sentence after pleading guilty in Seattle on Friday to charges of fraud and tax evasion. |
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