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There is an old thread [webmasterworld.com] about a similar case, but that was "only" $2,200.
the ruling created a precedent in Danish law and emphasized that the law also protects Danish consumers and companies against spam from sources outside the Nordic country.
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Someone has been sending quite a bit (over 10k, possibly over 100k) pieces of spam spoofing one of my domains as the From and Reply-To addresses. Normally, this is done by "affiliates" of companies and when I contact the company in question, they claim they terminated the affiliate.
In the most recent incident which is still occurring as I type this, the spam message has no affiliate information. It simply links to the company's site. No one benefits from the mail except the company itself. The WHOIS information shows the domain as being in Hong Kong with no real information. However, using the wonderful powers of Google, I managed to locate the full and complete resume of the site's owner/operator which includes an address and telephone number. I attempted to call the number and got the person's voicemail. The greeting matches the name on the resume.
I have full logs as well as hundreds of copies of the spam messages saved here. The problem is that my servers are processing thousands of "bounced" messages that were intended to reach the spam targets. This is eating up CPU time and backlogging the mail for my paying customers.
Now, my question is.... what do I do? Do I file suit? Heck, Can I file suit? I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars for consultation with an attorney if I will obviously have no recourse.
Also, what kind of attorney would I be looking for?
