The Spam Report Archive

US man arrested for Tsunami spam fraud

Tasteless scam lands man in trouble with the law... [14 Jan 2005]

Texas cracking down on spammers

Texas cracking down on spammers

State takes on two 'top five' spammers... [14 Jan 2005]

UK students swamped by spam and viruses

Young children confronted with hardcore porn, illegal drugs and penis enlargement ads... [10 Jan 2005]

Annoyed sports fan arrested for fake team spam

Spam deluge hits hijacked hacks... [07 Jan 2005]

5 years ago... Clinton to combat illegal online drugs

To say it didn't work is an understatement... [05 Jan 2005]

eBay: You've got (private) mail

Email service to protect customers from scammers [05 Jan 2005]

Spammers fined €87,500 in Dutch crackdown

Could show the UK government a thing or two... [29 Dec 2004]

Exclusive: The headlines you WON'T see in 2005

We're going out on a limb here, with one per month that we don't expect to be writing... [22 Dec 2004]

AOL spam case: Judge rejects guilty plea

Not conviced theft of email addresses contravenes Can-Spam Act... [22 Dec 2004]

ISP nets $1bn in spam case

But will the spammers pay up? [20 Dec 2004]

Spam-happy shoppers love stolen software

Spam-happy shoppers love stolen software

Doing the rest of us no favours at all, while exposing themselves to all manner of nastiness... [10 Dec 2004]

Lycos email scam hides nasty Trojan

There's backfiring and then there's BACKFIRING! [08 Dec 2004]

Lycos knocks spammers off the web

Web monitors have confirmed several of Lycos' targets have been taken down... [02 Dec 2004]

UK spammer 'WeaselBoy' arrested

For death threats... not spamming... [01 Dec 2004]

Hackers take down Lycos anti-spam website

Could it have been the revenge of the spammers? [01 Dec 2004]

Spammers targeted with DDoS attack

Turning the tables on bulk mailers... [30 Nov 2004]

Spam speed cam scam and 'miracle cure' hit new lows

Bulk mailers keep on the move with targeted campaigns... [25 Nov 2004]

Phishing 'mules' lured in with phoney job ads

It turns out 'get rich working from home' ads aren't all they're cracked up to be... who would have thunk it? [23 Nov 2004]

Spammers use the Lord's name to part firewalls

The only spam that could ever reach me, was a ton of that preacher spam... [19 Nov 2004]

War on spam: 35 firms back authentication

War on spam: 35 firms back authentication

Open letter to the FTC calls for more action and rapid roll-out... [15 Nov 2004]

Yahoo! builds in anti-spam tool

Ups email storage limit as well... [15 Nov 2004]

Latest 'Bush' spam alleges rigged election

Political spammers not deterred by the fact it's over for another four years... [10 Nov 2004]

Is spam being fried?

Brightmail figures offer some hope... [10 Nov 2004]


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