Gov't Files Charges Against Four Spammers

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Aron Schatz
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April 29, 2004
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The newly enacted CAN-SPAM act that passed has seen its first four targets. People that are convicted of spamming should be stipped of their right to use a computer.

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Officials at the Federal Trade Commission, who planned to announce the arrests in Washington on Thursday, told U.S. postal investigators they had received more than 10,000 complaints about unwanted e-mails sent by the company. The U.S. attorney in Detroit, Jeffrey Collins, was expected at Thursday's announcement.

Investigators said they consulted Dr. Michael D. Jensen, a medical professor at the Mayo Medical School, who confirmed that ingredients in the weight-loss product sold in the disputed e-mails wouldn't work.

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