AOL raffles spammer's gold bars
AOL is planning to give away assets seized from spammers in a US sweepstake due to launch Wednesday. A 2003 Hummer H2, $75,000 in cash and $20,000 in gold are up for grabs in a give-away of the illicit gains of junk mailing. It's the second time AOL has given away assets confiscated from a spammer. Last year, AOL raffled a $45,000 Porsche Boxster it seized as part of a settlement against another unnamed junk mail scumbag.
"We think it's justice," says Curtis Lu, AOL deputy general counsel, told USA Today. "We're taking the ill-gotten bounty these spammers have earned off the backs of our customers and handing it back to customers." AOL obtained the gold, cash and car after suing an unnamed New Hampshire penis pill purveyor using the CAN SPAM Act. AOL sued after receiving hundreds of thousands of complaints from members peaking at 100,000 in one day alone in January 2004.
