Man Gets 2yrs For AOL Spam Scam

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A federal court in New York sentenced a New Jersey man to more than two years in prison for spamming millions of AOL subscribers. The man claimed to have made more than $40,000 per month as a spammer.

Todd Moeller, 28, was sentenced 27 months in prison in a federal court in New York after he was caught making a deal with a government informant to send junk e-mails -- known as spam -- advertising a computer security program in return for 50 percent of the profits, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan said.
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wow dudes,

40k a month, no wonder there are so many of these scumbags, they make more money than doctors.
 
$40 grand a month... Fucking a...
I didn't think anyone looked at spam email... Even my mom doesn't look at it
 
Hmm...let's take this from the criminal perspective.

I can do this for, let's say, 3 years before I'm busted. At a profit of 40,000 a month, if I stash the money effectively, I'll have about a million banked minus server expenses.

So, I sit in jail two years (probably less with good behavior) and walk out a millionaire. Might have to leave the country to enjoy the fruits of my labor, but eh, that's what an internet connection's for. After all, it's better than working at the local McD.

Yeah, the system is really working there. I can see why no one would want to do this... :mad:
 
BTW, meant a million after expenses.

40k x 12 mo x 3 yr = 1.44 m

I could buy a lot of server, bandwidth, and tacos for $440,000.

Whereas I treasure my freedom and position, I know others who are not so privileged who might jump at the opportunity. Sentencing for spammers should be a lot stronger than it is now.
 
Lothar the Lotharian said:
Hmm...let's take this from the criminal perspective.

I can do this for, let's say, 3 years before I'm busted. At a profit of 40,000 a month, if I stash the money effectively, I'll have about a million banked minus server expenses.

So, I sit in jail two years (probably less with good behavior) and walk out a millionaire. Might have to leave the country to enjoy the fruits of my labor, but eh, that's what an internet connection's for. After all, it's better than working at the local McD.

Yeah, the system is really working there. I can see why no one would want to do this... :mad:
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Yea really. Hell you invest it right you could almost live off the interest. Wonder if he was able to stash enough cash away where the government can't get it at.
 
Lothar the Lotharian said:
Hmm...let's take this from the criminal perspective.

I can do this for, let's say, 3 years before I'm busted. At a profit of 40,000 a month, if I stash the money effectively, I'll have about a million banked minus server expenses.

So, I sit in jail two years (probably less with good behavior) and walk out a millionaire. Might have to leave the country to enjoy the fruits of my labor, but eh, that's what an internet connection's for. After all, it's better than working at the local McD.

Yeah, the system is really working there. I can see why no one would want to do this... :mad:
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After the civil penalty suit...no more money. Hope that stinky scumbag (and others like him) own soap on a rope... Prison is fun :rolleyes:
 
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