News tagged with spam message

Nigerians held in India over 'phishing' scam: police

Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai on suspicion of defrauding hundreds of people through text message and spam email scams, police said.

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created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Las Vegas man accused of mass spamming on Facebook

(AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Las Vegas man on charges he sent more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users.

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created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

US man arrested in hacker stock fraud scheme

US authorities Monday arrested and charged a Texas man accused of masterminding a scheme using a Russian hacker and an email spam campaign to pump up the value of fledgling companies, the Justice Department ...

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft gets legal might to take down spam botnets

With a judicial assist, Microsoft has perfected a new superweapon to shoot down botnets, the engines cybergangs use to deliver malicious Internet attacks.

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created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 8

IBM develops anti-spam software for Chinese mobile operator

IBM said Thursday it has developed a system for a Chinese mobile phone operator that blocks spam text messaging, but denied the software could be used as a censorship tool.

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created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

End of the e-mail era? I'm not buying it

I don't know about you, but I'm overwhelmed by e-mail. Yes, I know. The Wall Street Journal has declared that e-mail's reign is over. It's supposedly being replaced by technologies such as instant messaging, social networking ...

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Web marketer ordered to pay Facebook $711M damages

(AP) -- Facebook said Thursday a California court has awarded the social networking Web site $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace.

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: Spammers scourge to inbox and environment

(AP) -- There are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They're environmentally unfriendly.

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US senators seek to squash spam

Two US senators declared war on spam on Thursday. Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine, and Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, introduced legislation aimed at curbing unsolicited text ...

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3