FTC Goes After OC Spammer Who Sent 5 Million Texts in 40 Days
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The Federal Trade Commission is pushing to shut down this Sir Spam-a-lot, asking a judge to freeze his assets and order a permanent injunction against him, the Los Angeles Times reports. Investigators say Flora sent out the unsolicited messages advertising a loan-modification website at a "mind-boggling" rate of 85 per minute.
The FTC charged that the texts, sent in 2009, violated the CAN-SPAM Act because there was no way for consumers to opt-out of future messages and that the site's address, loanmod-gov.net, made it seem like Flora was affiliated with a government agency.
Hey, FTC: Go get him.
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