Japanese police arrest spammer

Japanese police in Tokyo have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of having sent 2.2 billion spam e-mails using forged from: addresses. Japan Today is reporting that the police received tips from an Internet service provider in September last year about the suspect. Nine different spam e-mails that he sent on 13th November for online casinos and dating services then put the last nail in the coffin for him.

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According to the newspaper report, the suspect purchased a list of 600,000 e-mail addresses online for roughly €630. He then began sending unsolicited adverts to these addresses from his home, for which he received some €12,600 from his clients. The suspect is alleged to have sent 2.2 billion e-mails dating back to May of 2006. Japanese law has prohibited the sending of e-mails with falsified sender information since 2002.

(jbe)