Facebook Spammer Faces Federal Fraud Charges

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Facebook Spammer Faces Federal Fraud Charges [pcworld.com]

Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009.

Sanford Wallace
Wallace, 43, allegedly used a phishing attack to steal usernames and passwords from victims and then used the stolen credentials to post spam to victims walls, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Wallace allegedly made money from the scam by driving Web traffic to affiliate marketing companies, who pay their members by the number of clicks they can deliver to websites.

The charges are outlined in an indictment, filed July 6 but made public Thursday after Wallace turned himself in to federal authorities.

[justrobin]

This is a good example of what we call as "Justice". I hope other countries should dealt same problems seriously. I have known several victims of spammers and hackers. Hope they will be penalized as well.

[koan]

money from the scam by driving Web traffic to affiliate marketing companies, who pay their members by the number of clicks they can deliver to websites.

I doubt very much it was pay per click, more like the usual affiliate model of getting a commission on sale. I first heard the infamous name Sanford Wallace a long time ago, the guy has been a spammer forever.