Re: [SLUG] {SPAM?} Spammers - who pays 'em?

From: Steve (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Mon Apr 26 2004 - 19:12:38 EDT


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On Monday 26 April 2004 05:13 pm, Louis Winters wrote:
> I receive spam after spam after spam; day after day after day, as I am
> sure every one else on this list does too. Which makes me wonder; who
> is paying these companies' which just exist to send out spam for other
> companies'??? How are these spammers generating revenue??? There must
> be some demand for their services, otherwise, how could they stay in
> business???? If the money dried up, they'd stop, wouldn't they?

They sell both a service and a product. Some take a percentage. Now it would
be very interesting if we could legislate against finacial or other
exchange for someone to spam. You know, both to give and receive any
financial gain. It would be interesting to find the invoices as this would
make a nice "sue me list".

- --
Steve

"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
                                Benjamin Franklin

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