PC World: Four Indicted in Giant College Spam Operation
“The Shahs allegedly developed e-mail extracting programs, which they used to illegally harvest more than 8 million student e-mail addresses from more than 2,000 colleges and universities, the DOJ said. They allegedly used this database of e-mail addresses to send targeted spam e-mails selling various products and services, including digital cameras, spring break travel offers and pepper spray, the DOJ said.”
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