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Authorities Shut Down Spam Ring
By BRAD STONE
Published: October 14, 2008
The Federal Trade Commission won a preliminary legal victory against what it called one of the largest spam gangs on the Internet, getting an Illinois district court on Tuesday to freeze the group’s assets and order the spam network to shut down.
The group, which used several names but was known among spam-fighting organizations as HerbalKings, sent billions of unsolicited messages to Internet users over the last 20 months, touting replica watches and a variety of pharmaceuticals, including weight-loss drugs and herbal pills that supposedly enhanced the male anatomy, according to the F.T.C.
“This is pretty major. At one point these guys delivered up to one-third of all spam,” said Richard Cox, chief information officer at the non-profit anti-spam research group SpamHaus.
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Sunshine79
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Oct 14 @ 8:58PM
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I still get spam everyday Viagra for $1
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Ewe_Wish
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Oct 14 @ 9:03PM
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i get the penis enlarger spam...........i finally wrote to them and said yes please provide me with medicine to make the penis larger..........and while your at it please provide me with the penis...........  
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sugarnspice005
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Oct 14 @ 9:37PM
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awwww!! No more offers of rolex watches for 19.95?
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ThePurpleProphet
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Oct 14 @ 10:18PM
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I get this one for a pussy shrinker.
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theSkwirl
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Oct 14 @ 10:43PM
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I just won another ten million pounds in the british lottery!
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rnj1013
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Oct 14 @ 11:02PM
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I got those watch ads a lot on my yahoo email. The viagra ones go to my hotmail....I thought someone was tryin to tell me something there
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StraddleMyNose
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Oct 15 @ 12:16AM
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Gee, if the government can crack down on these type of spammers, why can't it crack down on voter fraud?
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