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01.26.07
No Friends On MySpace For Spam King
 By
David Utter
Scott Richter gained a notorious footnote in the history of the Internet for his mass email activities, and has now been accused of using MySpace to send millions of spam messages.
MySpace has lashed out at the man once known as the "Spam King" with a lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles.
Richter has been accused of using stolen MySpace account information as part of a big spamming operation run by his two companies.
A Rocky Mountain News report said Richter's OptInRealBig and MediaBreakaway companies pushed out millions of junk messages.
By using the MySpace account information, they allegedly faked the origins of the spam to look like they were from MySpace profiles.
MySpace wants Richter's companies slapped with an injunction to keep them away from the site.
The social networking site also asked for unspecified damages as well as profits made by Richter from the spamming activity.
Richter's father Steven Richter, who serves as general counsel to his son and his businesses, made comments in the report that indicate the MySpace action did not come out of the blue:
"Like everyone else in the industry we are only aware of what MySpace has alleged in their press release, as we have not been served. Obviously we deny the allegations made in the press release."
Steven Richter adds that he spoke with MySpace lawyers about some complaints they received, and "we cooperated with them fully and were assured that if there were any outstanding issues, they would get back to us. I guess this is their way of getting back to us."
An AP report suggested Richter had acquired the stolen profile information by either purchasing it from a third party, or possibly through some type of phishing scam involving spoofed MySpace login pages.
About the Author:
David Utter is a business and technology writer for SecurityProNews, WebProNews, and InternetFinancialNews.
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