Stupidity

Stupidity

by Mike Masnick


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Spammers Go To Jail

from the what-are-you-in-for? dept

Two spammers are being sent to jail for fraud. They harvested a number of emails and sent out spam requesting a $35 processing fee for "the chance" to work at home stuffing envelopes. What's scary is that they actually got 12,000 people to pay them.

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