Spam scam busted

This was a scam that was multimedia - both e-mail and snail mail. These scammers offered ways to get rich stuffing envelopes at home, but then the catch was that not only did you not get rich, you were charged twice by these guys and couldn't get your money back.
From the article:

The two violated an anti-spam law because they faked return e-mail addresses and used deceptive subject lines like "Info You Have Requested" to trick recipients into opening them, the FTC said.

The scam also violates deceptive-business and telemarketing laws, the FTC said.

The operation has been temporarily shut down by a U.S. court in Florida, and the FTC said it would press to shut it down permanently and return profits to consumers.

I hate to be the voice of reason here, but if you see something that sounds too good to be true, then it is - distance yourself from it.

Posted by Eric at October 6, 2004 11:20 AM | TrackBack