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(Unverified)Feb 6th 2008 5:28PM

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I don't understand why it's so difficult to track down spammers. They advertise products. When a really dumb pathetic person purchases these products the spammer either receives the money directly or takes a commission from someone. Someone somewhere, deep down after all the IP spoofing and fake addresses are waded through, is collecting this money. Follow the money!

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(Unverified)Feb 7th 2008 1:00PM

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While I agree it should be possible to track them down, it is probably a bit more difficult than you are imagining. Also, once you do find the source, there may not be laws in their country that make spamming illegal. The operation is probably more than one person too, so do you arrest everyone, or just the CEO? It's not quite as clear cut as people would hope (like most crime).

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