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'''Howard Carmack''' (also known as the '''Buffalo Spammer''') was the first |
'''Howard Carmack''' (also known as the '''Buffalo Spammer''') was the first sender of [[spam (e-mail)|spam e-mails]], to be convicted in a U.S. court. |
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He was arrested in New York in May 2003 [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2003/may/may14a_03.html] |
He was arrested in New York in May 2003 [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2003/may/may14a_03.html] and sentenced in March 2004 to between 3.5 and 7 years in prison. |
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Carmack sent out 825 million e-mails via the [[Internet service provider]] [[Earthlink]], fraudulently using the identities of two people from the city of [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] as well as hundreds of aliases. [http://www.pcworld.com/article/115503/buffalo_spammer_convicted.html] |
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Although there now is a United States federal law restricting fraudulent practices in spam, Carmack was not convicted under this law, since it was not yet in force at the time of the offenses. However, he was sentenced for violating New York state laws regarding identity theft and falsification of documents, which in this case included header and sender information. |
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Before this conviction, Carmack also lost a lawsuit before a federal court in [[Atlanta]], which required him to pay damages of US$14.5 million to the [[internet service provider]] [[Earthlink]] for the same actions. [http://www.pcworld.com/article/110627/earthlink_wins_16_million_in_spam_case.html] |
Before this conviction, Carmack also lost a lawsuit before a federal court in [[Atlanta]], which required him to pay damages of US$14.5 million to the [[internet service provider]] [[Earthlink]] for the same actions. [http://www.pcworld.com/article/110627/earthlink_wins_16_million_in_spam_case.html] |
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Revision as of 13:35, 31 July 2012
Howard Carmack (also known as the Buffalo Spammer) was the first sender of spam e-mails, to be convicted in a U.S. court.
He was arrested in New York in May 2003 [1] and sentenced in March 2004 to between 3.5 and 7 years in prison.
Carmack sent out 825 million e-mails via the Internet service provider Earthlink, fraudulently using the identities of two people from the city of Buffalo as well as hundreds of aliases. [2]
Before this conviction, Carmack also lost a lawsuit before a federal court in Atlanta, which required him to pay damages of US$14.5 million to the internet service provider Earthlink for the same actions. [3]