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Following a six-month investigation by the attorney general's
office and Microsoft, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
on Thursday announced it has filed legal action against New
York e-mail marketing company Synergy6 and its president,
Justin Champion, as well as Scott Richter, president of OptInRealBig.com,
Westminster, Colo. Spitzer said that Richter is considered
the world's third-largest spammer.
"Spam traps" set up by Microsoft finally tracked
down Richter's identity. Microsoft also filed cases against
five additional spammers who used the same transmission path
in New York that led investigators to Richter and the spam
network.
Microsoft identified 8,000 spam mails from Richter this spring
that contained 40,000 fraudulent statements. Each statement
is punishable by a fine of $500, Spitzer said.
Spammers who use offshore systems to send spam can be electronically
traced back to the United States and will be subject to U.S.
law.
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