Re: Stopping Spam



I was wanting to know the latest 'outlook' on catching spammers and why more isn't done by someone to catch these guys? Or are they doing jobs that no one else will do? Is this a plot by big business, the same as illegal immigration is? Thanks a lot.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <MillyS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eoA94WVtHHA.4888@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Um, what's the Outlook question?

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After furious head scratching, Junior Jones asked:

| Spammers are in it for the money. So they send spam. The thing
| is....for anyone to profit from the spam there has to be somewhere to
| go to spend the money. Either a website, email address, phone number,
| etc. Someone has to collect some money. I'm not understanding why the
| spammer can't be caught. To stay in business (to keep sending spam)
| there has to be some money made by the spammer. Or he would quit
| doing it. And there has to be a transaction by someone, somewhere.
| There's the arrest. There's the link. What's the problem?

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