since a spammer has no ethics and lives beyond the edge of the law, why would they care about a credit report? ;-)
Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailadmin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Of Interest: SUE A SPAMMER TODAY > I'm glad you sent this. I'm discussing this very thing with my attorney > right now. He says that if I get a judgement in North Carolina on an out of > state spammer I may not get paid but that's ok because I can get it put on > the spammers credit report. Anyone with half a brain values their credit > report more than a 2500.00 judgement. Enough judgements and we'll put most > of the small time spammers out of business. > > David Daniels > System Administrator > Starfish Internet Service > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kami Razvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:42 PM > Subject: [IMail Forum] Of Interest: SUE A SPAMMER TODAY > > > > Hi; > > I receive this newsletter and thought the topic could be of interest to > > the folks here in case they don't see this. > > > > It makes sense! Doesn't it? > > > > Regards, > > Kami > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:20 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: BRIAN LIVINGSTON: "Window Manager" from InfoWorld.com, Monday, > > April 22, 2002 > > > > > > ======================================================== > > BRIAN LIVINGSTON: "Window Manager" InfoWorld.com > > ======================================================== > > > > Monday, April 22, 2002 > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > SUE A SPAMMER TODAY > > > > Posted April 19, 2002 01:01 PM Pacific Time > > > > > > I WROTE LAST week that Windows users can stop spam. > > Like uninvited faxes, unsolicited commercial e-mail > > should be against federal law because the recipients > > pay for spam through higher monthly fees at ISPs, and > > in many other ways. > > > > Although Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Germany > > have legislatively canned spam, Congress hasn't. > > That's why I'm so pleased to see that ordinary people > > are beating spammers by using a potent tool -- state laws. > > > > This was brought home recently when I learned that my > > research director, Ben Livingston, had collected > > substantial fines from spammers and other human crud. > > (Despite the same last name, Ben and I are unrelated.) > > > > Ben has so far received more than $2,500 on behalf of a > > small ISP for which he works part time. He sues > > spammers, junk faxers, and illegal automated > > telemarketers in small claims court, which is easy to > > do without a lawyer. His efforts have also reaped > > $5,600 still in the collection process. > > > > One of his latest prizes is a settlement from Richard > > Scott of the Cyberdata group. According to Ben, this > > group sends out spam saying, "You can have a profit of > > over $2 million," hyping a CD that supposedly has 200 > > million e-mail addresses. > > > > Ben has proudly scanned the payment and posted it to > > his Web site at > > www.smallclaim.info/cyberdata/check.gif. Work your way > > back from that address to Ben's home page, where > > you'll find several pages of inspiring victories. It > > also links to his zine that describes federal and > > state laws against intrusive marketing and explains > > how you can become "a small claims warrior." > > > > Although spam isn't yet a federal offense, the laws of California and > > Washington state are particularly strong. You can research the laws of > > your state at http://www.spamlaws.com/state . As Ben's zine says, "Some > > may fear legalese, but not the warrior." > > > > Washington law allows people to collect $500 to $1,000 > > for each received e-mail that uses a false address or > > a third party's domain name (such as Hotmail.com) > > without authorization, as most spam does. > > > > Many sites, such as Spamcop.net, help you analyze the > > source of spam. But Ben simply sues the person at > > whatever address or phone is advertised in the > > message. (Or he feigns interest in the product until > > he receives an address or phone.) > > > > Spammers may ignore small claims courts, so Ben hands > > his verdicts to collection agencies. They can insert > > "defaulted on court judgment" into a spammer's > > permanent credit record. This makes loans hard to get, > > so many spammers offer a cash settlement even before a > > case goes to court. > > > > I'm not a litigious person. But spam is quadrupling > > every year and will drown the Internet. > > > > So I'm looking for 1,000 Windows users to do what Ben's > > doing. That should make spam unpalatable. > > > > Do yourself and humanity a favor. > > > > Go get 'em. > > > > Send tips to [EMAIL PROTECTED] He regrets that > > he cannot answer individual questions. > > Go to http://www.iwsubscribe.com/newsletters to get his Window Manager > > column and E-Business Secrets e-zine free via e-mail. > > > > > > > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > to be removed from this list. > > > > An Archive of this list is available at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. 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