12-07-2002, 12:00 AM
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Internet spammer Can't Take What He Dishes Out
Alan Ralsky is one of the biggest, if not the biggest spammers in the world. He has recently purchased a $740,000 house with his proceeds from spamming. His street address was posted in this Slashdot thread along with this overhead picture, courtesy of Microsoft's TerraServer. Don't pay any attention to the push-pin. TerraServer gets close, but never spot-on. It is one of those houses though. :lol: :lol: :lol:
"It's all the result of a well-organized campaign by the anti-spam community, and Ralsky doesn't find it funny. "They've signed me up for every advertising campaign and mailing list there is," he told me. "These people are out of their minds. They're harassing me." That they are. Gleefully.
Boo hoo Mr. Ralsky.
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12-07-2002, 12:05 AM
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Thinker
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This is so cool, shame about the lawyer talk but I guess you don't get rich spamming people if you have a sense of irony or humility.
Daniel
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12-07-2002, 12:08 AM
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Theorist
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Haw, haw! 
(as pronouced by the bully kid in The Simpson's)
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12-07-2002, 12:20 AM
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Intellectual
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You gotta love this! I hope Slashdot stays on top of this if there are any address changes so we can keep this slimeball afloat in his own medicine. Boy, wouldn't it be great if we could actually locate the other top ten spammers and offer them the same treatment they offer the world every day? I wonder how much longer Spam would exist?
This is great - we should all send this guy our warmest greetings! 
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12-07-2002, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by TomB
I hope Slashdot stays on top of this if there are any address changes
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The guy would have to sell his $740m house to change his address though, that's a bit more painful than e-mail everyone to say that you've changed your e-mail address!
I can't say have much sympathy for the guy though.
Daniel
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12-07-2002, 01:17 AM
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Intellectual
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Originally Posted by Daniel
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Originally Posted by TomB
I hope Slashdot stays on top of this if there are any address changes
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The guy would have to sell his $740m house to change his address though, that's a bit more painful than e-mail everyone to say that you've changed your e-mail address!
I can't say have much sympathy for the guy though.
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I've had to change my email address because of guys like this and it's cost me business (not $740k, but still!).
I'm personally gonna go buy $50 worth of stamps and forward this guy my junk snail mail piece by piece for a while.
This reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where he asks the telemarketer for his home number so he can call him back. Sweet justice
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12-07-2002, 01:23 AM
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Shame we don't have his e-mail address hey? He'd have pr0n and offers for university degrees and all sorts of mind numbingly useless spam rained down on his head for the rest of time...
Daniel
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12-07-2002, 01:43 AM
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Apologies for the second post here but I had to post this article about the evil spammer. Here's a quote that made me laugh and a link to the full article (I got the link from Slashdot)
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"There were threats against him, cars driving by and people checking out his house," Harrison said. "Someone even left a package of what appeared to be dog feces."
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I can see some kid thinking it was going to make a difference.
Daniel
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12-07-2002, 02:11 AM
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Intellectual
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This, to me, was the scary part:
"Buried in every e-mail he sends is a hidden code that sends back a message every time the e-mail is opened. "
:x
Is there any way around this?
-Welmoed
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12-07-2002, 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by welmoed
This, to me, was the scary part:
"Buried in every e-mail he sends is a hidden code that sends back a message every time the e-mail is opened. "
:x
Is there any way around this?
-Welmoed
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Outlook 11 will circumvent this. Basically it is just embedded HTML that shows the message was viewed. Also, any non-HTML email client like Agent or Inbox on your Pocket PC won't send the message.
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