MonsterHut Jammed for Spam 286
DeAshcroft writes "Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lottie E. Wilkins has ordered MonsterHut, its CEO Todd Pelow and CTO Gary Hartl to stop behaving badly. The New York Post has a story on the ruling. The suit, brought by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in May 2002, alleges that MonsterHut sent over 500 million messages, fraudulently claiming that they were opt-in, and ignored at least 750,000 requests by consumers to be taken off their lists. Newsday also has coverage. The AG has an official release on the case. Penalty hearing is scheduled for Feb 11, 2003."
Heh (Score:3, Funny)
pattern? (Score:2, Funny)
I love Monster Hut. (Score:1, Funny)
Now I'm making myself hungry. I think I'll order up some monster for lunch.
Re:pattern? (Score:2, Funny)
Hang em high (Score:0, Funny)
HOW TO Deal With Chinese Spam (Score:5, Funny)
"Jack(export manager)" wrote:
>
> Dear Sir
> How are you
>
> We are a lighting factory in China
> to introduce ourselves to you:
>
> I am XUBIN (Jack) , XUBIN is my chinese name , you can just
> call me Jack !! , I am export manager of [deleted]
> China, our group have four factory
[snipped]
>
> Here is our company profile
>
[Rest of sales talk snipped]
(And now, the reply)
Thank you for your coded order. The weapons and ammunition will ship by way of the usual route in ten days, and you already know our secret Swiss bank account number to wire the payment to.
It is a pleasure doing business with you for so long, and I hope your cause will prevail. I am new to this particular computer, so I hope the encryption is working and the monitoring authorities cannot read what I am sending you.
Long live the Falun Gong! Free Tibet!
Best regards, Your arms supplier
(from http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/02/Feb/spam.htm
Re:How long (Score:3, Funny)
What's scary (Score:4, Funny)
WTF? (Score:1, Funny)
The Penalty Hearing is on my birthday! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:pattern? (Score:1, Funny)
Or perhaps Spam, Pinapple, Spam, Eggs, Chips and Spam.
With extra Spam.
Re:It's about time (Score:0, Funny)
Odds are, we dont want to know.
Re:DON'T REALLY DO THIS (Score:0, Funny)
Re:DON'T REALLY DO THIS (Score:1, Funny)
I have a question though, why do you seem to imply that this a bad thing?
How I deal with spam. (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, it validates your email address. So does the fact that the spam didn't bounce. And with those images that are downloaded off the web if you open a spam they accomplish the same even if you delete the spam.
Admittedly I don't get all that much spam (well, for now at least, ya bastards!
Well, until I use Google Groups that is. I get hideous volumes of spam after I post to netnews using that. I think I'm onto something...
-Mark
Just follow the opt out procedures... (Score:3, Funny)