First Case Filed Under Florida Anti-Spam Law

Spammers beware. The government is getting serious.

Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has filed the state's first legal action under the state's nine-month-old Anti-Spam law, accusing two former Fort Lauderdale residents who now live in Tampa of running a bogus email and internet operation responsible for more than 65,000 illegal emails.

The illegal messages linked recipients to more than 75 different websites engaged in fraudulent or illegal business activities, including pharmaceutical and cigarette sales and the illegal downloading of copyrighted movies.

Full article at ConsumerAffairs.com

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