MySpace wins $230 million anti-spam judgment

Sanford Wallace and his partner Walter Rines face a $230 million anti-spam judgment. The duo were found responsible for sending out phishing scams designed to harvest MySpace login credentials, prior to bombarding members with messages punting gambling and smut websites. As many as 730.000 spam messages, directing to gambling and smut websites, were sent to MySpace members since late 2006.

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