Facebook spammer ordered to pay $711 million

I wish they all could face jail time, they vulnerate security holes in our computers to get access to yours and friends/family email accounts and spam it.

There are two types of spammers, the ones that scams you and the other type that you just ignore.

You guys are too nice, I'm for dropping spammers into a pool full of starving rottweilers after being basted in bacon grease.
Film at 11... might work to actually deter?
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30 years hard labor as a second choice.

Love it... But set it up as a pay-per-view event, with proceeds going to anti-spam organizations...

It's hard to justify a way of making money when you have to hit the delete key 100 times every day when you check your email. And when the spammers are using often dubious and nefarious means to get at lists of potential spam victims to help pad their pockets. And when these slimeballs constantly find ways around your spam blockers. And when spam and related crap like that is responsible for a majority of the internet bandwidth being used (up to 95%, depending on the source you choose to believe), while these lazy jokers pay nothing extra to use it for their gains - at least with the old regular mail junk, they had to pay postage if they wanted to annoy the crap out of you.

But, hey, if you want to be ok with questionable ethics and constant irritations all in the name of letting some butt nuggets make money, more power to you.

It is a great news.Social networking sites must kept safe from these kind of people.

Wow. Sued for $711 Million?
That's a lot of money. But I bet he got a lot too, by the reffering links and phishing sites.

But, WOW.

i have been reciving spam from one of my friends on facebook. maybe "Spam King" did that.

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Wallace), he filed for bankruptcy June 2009. There goes everyone's hopes of liquidating his assets (like many users above stated)!

One has to wonder what type of person would want to be known for being a Spam King.

AMEN to that!!! As for how to pay that fine, put him to work in the federal pen, so he can "earn" that money after you liquidate any & all of his assets.

I also agree with bigbrat41 (I think I got that right) who said "Cut off his hands and send him to jail." That may sound harsh, but that's what would be done in other countries. That's what they do to thieves, and this guy was not only stealing user information, he was stealing their security. What I'm about to say may be an unpopular opinion (I'm used to that), but I believe this is a bit like drunk driving. If you get behind the wheel under-the-influence, you should (IMHO) have your license revoked *PERMANENTLY.* If you engage in crime online, same thing: no Internet for you, m'dear. Both are hard to police, but the ruling would stand.

I've gotten to the point where I'm afraid to put just about ANY information about myself online anywhere. I've been hacked on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and have had four email accounts hacked. My entire computer was hacked at the same time the email accounts were compromised. (The hacker deleted my one password-protected folder.) This is no funny-business to me! Granted, I believe I know who hacked my computer; I will admit that. But, I have no way to prove it. He basically *lives* online, and I believe he should have all access to computers removed. He can't behave online, so he shouldn't BE online. But, please don't think this colours my viewpoint. I'm mature enough not to allow that. He had nothing to do with the other stuff as far as I know. So...anyway. I've run out of things to say on this. I believe I've made my point.

I wonder why all these exaggerated fines, just to scare people. Everyone knows he wouldn't pay them (at) all. Give him something which affects him and in today’s world, even if he is imprisoned, he will find a way how to continue doing these things.

And hey! after all no victim will receive a penny, so why care about him?

Is it even possible for this guy to even pay that amount of money? If he can, why is he even bothering with spamming anyway!?

Wow that is a lot of money to pay back. That guy must make a lot of money. I had someone sign up on http://316ex.com a site that I am working on and spam every user.

Nobody likes spammers, but $711 million? That's a bit much if you ask me. Then again, depends on how many users they hacked when stealing logins and sending them to sites. I guess if I was Facebook, I'd enjoy getting money because spammers were spamming. Maybe this will teach other spammers out there not spam.

Yeah there definitely needs to be some harsher punishments for spammers.
Like others mentioned... seize all assets, just like what happens with drug dealers.
And at least a 5 year jail term, (Should get the chair though, lol!!) so that deters others.

it's not actual damages, it's a $10,000 fine per occurance. $711,000,000 most likely means that they proved he sent at least 71,100 pieces of spam.