[pchelpers] News:International Spamming Enterprise Halted

Published Wed, 2007-10-10 21:48

Spammers must stop sending unwanted and illegal e-mail messages about
hoodia weight-loss products and human growth hormone anti-aging products
that the Federal Trade Commission alleges don’t work. At the FTC’s
request, a district court judge ordered a halt to the e-mails and to
product claims that the FTC charges are false and unsubstantiated. The
law enforcement action, announced today at an international meeting of
government authorities and private industry about spam, spyware, and
other online threats, is the first brought by the agency using the U.S.
SAFE WEB Act to share information with foreign partners.

The FTC alleged that the international enterprise, with defendants in
the United States, Canada, and Australia, used spammers to drive traffic
to Web sites selling two kinds of pills. One kind, called “HoodiaLife”
and “HoodiaPlus,” was supposed to contain hoodia gordonii and cause
significant weight loss. The other, called “HGHLife” and “HGHPlus,” was
supposed to be a “natural human growth hormone enhancer” that would
dramatically reverse the aging process. The FTC’s spam database received
over 175,000 spam messages sent on behalf of the operation.

More here:
http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/8202
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