[H]ardNews 5th Edition

Spamming For Felonies:

Get caught spamming a fraud, go to jail…do not pass go, do not collect $200. I love it. Now if we can just manage to get them ALL arrested, we’d be doing great.

In the toughest move to date against unsolicited commercial e-mail, Virginia enacted a law Tuesday imposing harsh felony penalties for sending such messages to computer users through deceptive means. The law would be enforced against those who use fraudulent practices to send bulk e-mail, commonly known as spam.