[LINK] Australian Viagra spammer under investigation

[David Boxall]

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<http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=36918&eid=1&edate=20060913>

Australian Viagra spammer under investigation
By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb      13 September 2006 10:03 AEST 
Government/Law 	

Australian authorities said Tuesday they had seized the computer of a 
man suspected of sending more than two billion spam emails touting the 
male enhancement drug Viagra.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which issued 
the search warrant, would not identify the man or his whereabouts, but 
said that it acted on a tip from OPTA, the Dutch Independent Regulator 
of Post and Telecommunications. According to OPTA, an Australian was 
responsible for sending a large number of spam messages using servers in 
the Netherlands.

"Preliminary analysis of the email messages contained in the spam 
campaign has identified that over two billion emails were sent in one 
spam campaign,' said Lyn Maddock, the acting chairperson of ACMA, in a 
statement. "ACMA analysis to date has identified that the messages in 
the spam campaign primarily promoted Viagra products."

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