X

The alleged US ‘Spam King’ who sent 27 million Facebook spam messages has given himself up to police in California.Sanford Wallace, who has given himself in to the FBI, stands accused of hacking half a million of Facebook accounts and sending an astonishing 27 millions junk messages to users.

He denies the charges. The man known as the ‘Spam King’ stands accused of posted messages on users walls, luring them to another web location, where their details would then be compromised. 
Spam victims friends lists were also captured by the cunning program and would give their accounts similar treatment.
Wallace is alleged to have devised the program, which bypassed all Facebook’s usual spam filters, and allowed messages purportedly from ‘friends’ to go straight to the users message wall. 

A native of Las Vegas, Wallace, aged 58, was said to also make significant amounts of money from the scheme via the website spamming victims were led to. 
He has been released on US$100,000 bail and has been charged with six counts of e-mail fraud, two of criminal contempt and  three intention to damage to a computer, reports the BBC. 
 

The offenses were said to have taken place between November 2008 and March 2009. It is believed over 27 million spam messages over The Social Network were sent in total.
And its not the first time Wallace has been in the courts over his spamming hi-jinks. MySpace brought a civil action against him in 2008, for sending junk mail on its network. 

ChannelNews AZ100 728x90 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
728x90 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
BEL2535 BPB024 4SQ Banners 728x90 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
Skullcandy 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
Uniden Channelnews SoloX July 2024 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
FA 979 HN MDF SG14 14gen 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
250527 SAV Channel news June25 Leaderboard 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
728x90 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
728 x 90 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
4Square Media Banner Ads Update at 5 July JSAU05JUL1 Buddy 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
Hisense KV BannerAd 728 90 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
Px7 S3 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
Westan 728x90px Facebook Spam King Surrenders
AU X8 Banner 728x90 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
ELX DIG Crosscat Promo 728x90 Mar25 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
appliance retailer leaderboard may 728x90 Hitachi updated Facebook Spam King Surrenders
BlueAnt 4SQM PumpAirUltra 728x90px Facebook Spam King Surrenders
MOTO 36331576 Q3 Ad Banners 728x90 2 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
HAIER Series 600 FLW HPD Pairs 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
FLOODLIGHT 2024 Banner 728x90px Facebook Spam King Surrenders
Flick of a switch 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
JBL TourPro3 728x90 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
4Square Media Banner Ads Update at 5 July JSAU05JUL1 MR 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
Marshall 728x90 1 Facebook Spam King Surrenders
GOTHAM 728px x 90px Facebook Spam King Surrenders


YOU MAY ALSO LIKE