Amazon and Microsoft have filed several lawsuits against phishers and spammers who targeted consumers by spoofing Amazon.com’s domain name and perpetrating phishing scams with spoofed Amazon.com Web sites.
Why Your ISP Takes Bribes From Spammers
The lifeblood of the spammer is email. They need to be able to send lots of it on an ongoing basis to stay in “business”. High profile spammers can send 80 million pieces of junk email every single day. Yes one single person.
Why do search spammers remain in the top ten?
Dear Robin,
Turning the Table on Spammers
You can profit from spam. First, I want it to be clear, however, I consider spam to be the lowest form of marketing. It really isn’t marketing at all actually, because most people think of it as a nuisance and delete it.
Much like the annoyance of mosquitoes on a summer evening, spammers do get a LOT of attention, but eventually get squished or sprayed.