Spam Sent by Fraud Is Made a Felony Under Virginia Law

[mad1]

Posted in the Chicago Tribune,

"The law would be enforced against those who use fraudulent practices to send bulk e-mail, commonly known as spam, to or from Virginia, a state that is headquarters for a number of major Internet providers, including the nation's largest, America Online.

The new statute adds criminal penalties for fraudulent, high-volume spammers. It outlaws practices like forging the return address line of an e-mail message or hacking a computer to send spam surreptitiously. Those found guilty of sending more than 10,000 such deceptive e-mail messages in one day would be subject to a prison term of one to five years and forfeiture of profits and assets connected with these activities."



Chicago Tribune

[vass0922]

Oh sure its all great to have a law against it..
but somebody has to do the work to track them down

Although its good to see somebody is finally doing something worthwhile.. we'll see how it goes.