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by Mike Masnick

Fri, Jun 22nd 2001 2:00pm





Profiting By Suing Spammers

from the oooh,-what-a-good-idea dept

Pissed off at spammers? Looking for work because your dot com laid you off? Here's a great way to make a little money and make the world a better place: sue some spammers. Apparently a few people are doing it and making some money off of it. A lot of times the spammers settle out of court. One guy even set up a paypal account to streamline the process of getting money from spammers. This sounds like fun...

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    Roger C. Fountain, Aug 25th, 2012 @ 10:44pm

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