Author: The Internet Patrol
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and FTC Gang Up on Spammers Optin Global and Vision Media
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed what is believed to be the first joint lawsuit uniting a state attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission against a common enemy – in this case notorious California spammers Rick Yang and Peonie Pui Ting Chen, and their Optin Global, Inc. and…
Papal or Paypal, It’s All the Same Scam
Whether it’s the world’s largest auction house, Paypal, or the world’s most believed and mourned pontiff, Pope John Paul II, spammers and scammers are not above invoking their name in an effort to relieve you of your money. Even before Pope John Paul II’s body was laid to its final…
A Picture of the House that Spam Built – Jeremy Jaynes’ Mansion
As Aunty wrote recently, top spammer Jeremy Jaynes was sentenced to 9 years in prison last week. The sentence which Jeremy Jaynes received, under Virginia law, is thought to be the toughest sentence yet handed down to a spammer (those must have been some ticked off jurors). Jaynes is free…
Web Allows Britney Spears to Publicly Announce That She is Pregnant – But Should She?
Britney Spears is pregnant. Hurrah. Huzzah. And isn’t it a wonderful thing? With the advent of the World Wide Web, Britney Spears can, in one push of a button, announce that she is pregnant to millions of fans, cranks, obsessed, and even disinterested people. Britney can truly announce “to the…
Microsoft Issues Nine New Security Updates and Patches Affecting Large Number of Windows Users
Microsoft today issued nine new security bulletins containing updates and patches. The Microsoft security bulletins include updates and advisories for everything ranging from Microsoft Word to MSN Messenger, from Exchange Server to Internet Explorer, and from TCP/IP to the Windows Shell. Windows users using Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, or 2003,…
Top Spammer Jeremy Jaynes Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison
Some of you may recall the trial of notorious spammer Jeremy Jaynes in November of last year. Jeremy Jaynes was considered to be one of the most prolific spammers around, pumping out an incredible 10million pieces of spam a day from his suburban Raleigh, North Carolina home. In fact, he…
Google Ads for Cheap Airline Tickets Actually Phishers?
A new, and oh-so-simple and deviously obvious scam has hit the Internet. According to a report in iAfrica, phishers are now purchasing ads on search engines such as Google, offering cheap airline tickets, and then sitting back and waiting for unsuspecting bargain shoppers to come to them. The cheap airline…
Fake Microsoft Email Urges Windows Update, Installs Trojan Wupdate-20050401.exe
A fake Microsoft email urges users to install the latest Windows update, and even links and takes them to a site which sure seems to be a real Microsoft website. But it isn’t. And the email actually leads to the installation of a trojan horse file. The payload file is…
Spam Not the Only Crap Users Get on Their Cell Phones
Ok, it’s time to fess up. How many times have you used your cell phone while also using the loo? Not willing to admit to that? Ok, how many time have you had your cell phone with you in the bathroom? In a place where it could fall in? If…
Comcast Experiences Widespread Outage, Again, and Again, and Again
Internet provider ComCast experienced a widespread outage today, knocking countless Comcast customers off the Internet for the duration. The notice on the Comcast website is short and to the point, acknowledging the outage by saying “Connection to the Internet is currently unavailable. Our technicians are aware of the situation and…
AOL Offers VoIP Service – VoIP Available to America Online Customers in 40 Cities
America Online (AOL) has announced that its new VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol telephony) service is online and available to AOL customers in 40 cities. Called the “AOL Internet Phone Service”, the new VoIP offering is available to AOL customers in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Washington DC, New York City, and…
Hate Stupid Adsense Ads? Laugh at Them?
Don’t you just hate stupid Adsense ads? And stupid Adsense ads are everywhere, aren’t they? Well, turn that stupid Adsense-induced frown upside down, dear reader, because now you can be part of a glorious chance to laugh at those stupid Adsense ads! So, here’s your chance! Submit the most ridiculous,…
Another Teen Who Stands Up to School Gets in Hot Water Over Internet Antics
Aunty’s dear readers will remember the story of Eliazar Velasquez, the high school student who caught his principal smoking – on camera – and posted the evidence to the Internet. Velasquez was suspended for his trouble, although he was ultimately reinstated. Now another high school student, Conrad Sykes, of Lewis…
Florida Sues Spammers Filary and Townsend – Microsoft Helps
The state of Florida, through Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, and with Microsoft’s assistance, has sued two prolific spammers, Scott Filary and Donald Townsend, whom are accused of sending at least 65,000 pieces of spam, some 48,000 of which were sent after the passage of Florida’s new anti-spam law last…
Test Your Doggie Style
A website for a new British comedy, “Gone to the Dogs”, has a nifty cool online “what dog are you?” test. Yes, yes, we know, it sounds insipid, perhaps even sophomoric. But the “Gone to the Dogs” online “what dog are you?” test is actually entertaining, novel, and extremely well…
