Paypal spam
It’s truly sad to see that some people still assume that they can spam usenet with their ‘paypal get rich legally’ schemes and not run into problems.
So today I thought I’d take a look into it and see what can/will happen.
Not only will paypal close your account and freeze your funds for 180 days your usenet account will either have it’s posting disabled or the account will be closed on you.
If the person who reported the spam also contacted your ISP then your internet access could be disabled as well.
Some providers (ISP’s and usenet providers) are actually charging their clients for handling spam complaints. It’s about time too. If only people would pay attention and read the terms of service (TOS) they would have known that what they were about to do could result in fines and account closures.
So please, if you’re in the market to make some money then go get a job. Or start a website and beg for donations, but don’t be dumb enough to believe that spam is the way to go.
