New Zealand: Email Spammer Fined $12,000
Auckland man sent 2,230 commercial electronic messages that included links to his free Android app.
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Settlement with the FTC and Florida Attorney General Stops Operations that Used Robocalls to Fraudulently Pitch Medical Alert Devices to Seniors
Defendants lied about health organizations endorsing their products
LAP 10 – Anti-Spam Library
The Anti-Spam Library was published by Japan to help foster an understanding of Japanese anti-spam activities
Koreans Deleting Popular KakaoTalk Chat App to Escape Spam
Some Korean users have started to delete KakaoTalk due to an invasion of privacy and a large amount of spam while others think they are overreacting.
Microsoft Scam Call Conman Reaches the end of the Line
Mohammed Khalid Jamil is believed to the be first person in the UK successfully prosecuted of the long-running cold-call con.
PSHSB Seeks Comment on CSRIC III Cybersecurity Best Practices
FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau requests comment on implementation of CSRIC III Cybersecurity Best Practices
Zapping Rachel
Help the FTC zap robocallers by participating in these three contests at DEF CON 22 in Las Vegas, NV, August 7-10, 2014.
ICO raids SIM farm blamed for 350,000 messages
The ICO seized hundreds of SIM cards today, after raiding a SIM farm in offices in Wolverhampton.
UK Mobile Operators and ICO Launch Consumer Spam Reporting Centre
Operators will be able to analyse spam attack patterns, identify sources of attacks and shut them down.
Appeals Court Upholds $163M Judgment Against ‘Scareware’ Marketer
The FTC charged the marketer in 2008 with conning over 1 million consumers into buying software to remove malware supposedly detected by computer scans.
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