Spam kings : the real story behind the high-rolling hucksters pushing porn, pills and @*#?% enlargements / Brian McWilliams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWilliams, Brian (Brian S.)

Contributor:

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spam (Electronic mail).

Physical Description:

xv, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, Calif. : O'Reilly, [2005]

Summary:

This fascinating book reveals the dramatic cat-and-mouse game played by spam entrepreneurs in search of easy fortunes, and those who are trying to keep the Internet safe for email. "Spam Kings chronicles the evolution of Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a notorious neo-Nazi leader and chess master who got into junk email in 1999. Using the colorful and enigmatic Hawke as a case study, the narrative traces his rise in the spam trade, from his lonely apprenticeship in a South Carolina trailer to his emergence as a major player in the lucrative penis pill market. This business would eventually make the twenty year-old a millionaire--and the target of a major lawsuit from America Online. "Spam Kings offers unusually candid profiles of other major spam kingpins responsible for the junk email problem, and describes the tricks of their trade. The book also reveals the behind-the-scenes actions of anti-spam vigilantes, including a powerful, largely anonymous group known as Spamhaus.

Contents:

Birth of a Spam King 1

The Education of an Anti-Spammer 8

Ho, Ho, Ho, the Nazis Didn't Show 14

Spamford Meets Hacker-X 21

Hawke Mails the Web Manual 27

Shiksaa, the Spammer Tracker 34

Shiksaa Plays Peacemaker 40

Hawke's Publishing Company in a Box 46

Shiksaa Meets the Cyanide Idiot 51

Hawke Concedes to an Anti 56

A Date with a Spam Queen 62

Bubba Catts and the Crank Callers 70

Spamhaus Takes on Sue You Net 75

Shiksaa and the Pink Contracts 80

Mad Pierre's Homage to Shiksaa 84

Tracking Empire Towers 95

Terri Tickle Descends on Nanae 104

Hawke Rips Off Dr. Fatburn 110

David D'Amato, the Titanic Spammer 118

Nanae Battles over Block Lists 125

Hawke Takes on an Apprentice 133

9/11 139

Hawke Tutors Bournival 145

Shiksaa Meets Scott Richter 149

Hawke Goes Home to Rhode Island 156

Hoffman Catches Tom Cowles 162

Amazing Internet Products 173

Fighting Dr. Fatburn 186

The Shiksaa Shakedown 201

Patricia's Graveyard Gambit 218

Creampie Productions 221

The Pinacle Partnership Program 227

Rise of the Spam Zombies 232

Jason Vale Held in Contempt 237

The Time-Travel Spammer 245

Karen Hoffmann, Sock Puppet 252

Richter Unravels 259

CAN-SPAM 269

Shiksaa Hangs Up Her LART 275

The Phoenix Company 277

AOL v. Davis Hawke et al. 284

The Gingerbread Man 291.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0596007329

OCLC:

56918437