Howard Carmack, also known as the Buffalo Spammer, was the first sender of
spam in the United States to be imprisoned. He was arrested in New York in May 2003, and sentenced in March 2004 to between 3.5 and 7 years in prison.
Carmack sent out 825 million e-mails, fraudulently using the identities of two people from the city of
Buffalo, as well as hundreds of aliases.
Before this conviction, Carmack also lost a lawsuit before a federal court in
Atlanta
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, which required him to pay damages of US$14.5 million to
Earthlink
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, his former
internet service provider
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, for the same actions.
See also
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List of spammers
This is a list of individuals and organizations noteworthy for engaging in bulk electronic spamming, either on their own behalf or on behalf of others. It is not a list of all spammers, only those whose actions have attracted substantial independen ...
References
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Email spammers
People from Buffalo, New York
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people