Viagra spammer ‘sent 2b emails’

An Australian man is being investigated for sending more than 2 billion spam emails, most of them promoting Viagra. And, it seems, most of them landed on my computer even though the report claims they were mostly targeted at Dutch computers.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) said it had received a tip off from Dutch authorities that an Australian male resident was responsible for the flood of spam hitting computer servers located in Holland.

Penalties can exceed a million per day;

The ACMA said penalties for contravention of the Spam Act include fines of up to $220,000 per day for first-time corporate offenders and up to $1.1 million per day for repeat offenders.

But surprisingly do not include being keel hauled whilst trussed up with USB cables after having being forced to overdose on viagra. Pity!