Two spammers and the companies Abodata V.O.F. and H.P.T. Development B.V in the Netherlands have been convicted to a fine of € 510.000 for sending out spam messages regarding ‘home work’ by the OPTA. These persons did send out at least 4.5 million spam mails even after an earlier warning of OPTA.

The two offered their services as mediators for home work. People who where interested needed to call an expensive 0900-nummer. Callers stood minute-long in the guard or where kept to the line as long as possible to generate many conversation costs. Their business income with the phone number is estimated to be at least € 1,7 million.