A spam operation that plagued millions of consumers with sexual d...
A spam operation that plagued millions of consumers with sexual descriptions trying to lure traffic to a website to “date lonely housewives” has been halted by the U.S. Dist. Court, Chicago, at the request of the FTC. The court…
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ordered a temporary halt to the spamming and has frozen the outfit’s assets, pending a hearing for a preliminary and permanent injunction for violations of federal law, FTC officials said Thurs. The “date lonely wife” spam typically contains short messages or a picture and a hyperlink promoting the “lonely wives” service, the FTC alleged. The agency said the spam violates nearly every CAN-SPAM Act provision: (1) It contains misleading headers and deceptive subject lines. (2) It doesn’t contain a link to let consumers opt out of receiving future spam. (3) It contains neither a valid postal address nor the disclosure, required by law, that it is sexually explicit. The e-mail also includes sexual materials in the message’s initially viewable area, violating the FTC Adult Labeling Rule, the agency said. The FTC is asking the court to permanently shut down the operation and order the creators to give up their ill- gotten gains.