Russia’s top spammer dead
Russia’s legislation does not have a provision for any penalties for spam, but in the country where a lot of people are used to taking laws into their own hands, Russia’s top spammer was found dead in his department, dying after suffering repeated blows to his head. American English Center, the company buying spam services in bulk, was promoting their English language courses. The owner was repeatedly the target of criticism by Russian Internet users, but his reply always seemed to imply that e-mail was invented for sending out messages. Earlier last year, Russian Internet users fought against American English Center by repeatedly calling the advertised phone numbers, pretending to be interested in the English courses.