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Default Can I get sued for spamming?

I am doing a spamming campaign on one popular web 2.0 site, so far I've been promoting several offers from my network on that site.
The thing is, I have no idea whether they are in legal position to sue me for spamming. I live in 3rd world countries but I've been reading nasty story about myspace suing those comment spammers.

I don't steal any private data, I don't hack accounts, what I do is just using one of their feature to display my sites. Do you think they can go through all the hassle to sue me?
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Old 02-26-2008, 12:45 PM
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highly improbable i would say.
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nah.. you're in 3rd world country spamming comments...


now... is what you doing, profitable?
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Default Re: Can I get sued for spamming?

Definitely, if we are talking about ROI the ROI is definitely worth the effort. It's just this is the first time I do and research my spamming business seriously and suddenly the fear of consequences arose.
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Default Re: Can I get sued for spamming?

I imagine the worst possible thing that could happen to you would be an account ban, but nothing like a proxy and a new account

I think the feds have much more to worry about than some third world small-time (or not?) social networking spammer. Besides, unless you have cracked their captcha... spamming will be reaaaallllllllly s l o w . And if they don't have captcha, then the site you're spamming doesn't have much of an audience.
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Old 02-26-2008, 03:58 PM
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Default Re: Can I get sued for spamming?

Unless you are doing extremely high amounts of spam, or are phishing accounts, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Old 02-26-2008, 05:21 PM
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I imagine the worst possible thing that could happen to you would be an account ban, but nothing like a proxy and a new account

I think the feds have much more to worry about than some third world small-time (or not?) social networking spammer. Besides, unless you have cracked their captcha... spamming will be reaaaallllllllly s l o w . And if they don't have captcha, then the site you're spamming doesn't have much of an audience.
damn everybody talking about feds these days it's getting me paranoid..
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Default Re: Can I get sued for spamming?

You're safe. If you're stealing accounts and spamming then well... you would eventually be getting a knock for Fraud etc. etc.
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Default Re: Can I get sued for spamming?

How high is extremely high? I have over 50 accounts disabled daily but I am not phishing or anything.
But I have my sites displayed on various comments and pages around 20 hours a day.

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Old 02-27-2008, 02:09 AM
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How high is extremely high? I have over 50 accounts disabled daily but I am not phishing or anything.
But I have my sites displayed on various comments and pages around 20 hours a day.
that's nothing...
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Default Re: Can I get sued for spamming?

You can technically sue anybody for anything, it's just a matter of whether you'll prevail in court or not. Some places sue first, and then negotiate an out of court settlement.
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Default Re: Can I get sued for spamming?

Thanks for the feedback guys, Guess i am being paranoid
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Default Re: Can I get sued for spamming?

If your signing up for accounts even on a free site like my space with fake names that is identity theft. I recently read an article where some one was busted for using fake names to spam, ill see if i can find it. Basically they said the names belong to someone and since they did not belong to said spammer he had stolen someones identity by signing up with their names. Total bull shit in my opinion but this was how they charged him. So now i use names like darkwing duck and scooby doo when i sign up for accounts. Let them explain how i stole darkwing ducks identity to a judge.

But if your in a 3rd world country i wouldn't worry. If i was in a 3rd world country with little chance of being caught i cant tell you the things i would try to pull off.
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damn everybody talking about feds these days it's getting me paranoid..
I see a whole new market emerging for my affiliate store.. I can see it now


"Night vision cams, keep the feds off your trail"

"High powered m-16. Spam all you want, they cant take you down!"

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I could even get into the housing market...

-Edit- sorry for the typos. brain functions slightly impaired at said time.

"Fed proof bunker. $45 grand. No one can get in or out but you!, guarantted to keep the google drones and myspace mercernarys from tracking you down!"
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