Thursday, February 10, 2005

Pfizer and Microsoft Kill a Spam Ring

The grand total is up:

Microsoft and Pfizer have filed 17 lawsuits against a group of interconnected online pharmacies and the websites of their affiliates because they allegedly (and believably) sold clones or generic versions of the hit medication among men with erectile dysfunction... Viagra.

After about seven months of investigation by both companies, the ring of pharmacies and spammer affiliates was uncovered and found to have trashed Microsoft's hotmail users' accounts with hundreds of millions of spam emails.

The defendants include CanadianPharmacy, E-Pharmacy Direct, and spammer's sites under the names such as "Discount Rx," "EzyDrugstore" and "Virtual Rx."

I agree with this group of lawsuits because pharmacy spam is one of the worst plagues ever to hit email inboxes, besides usually being connected with fraudulent pharmacies who ship improperly manufactured, impure generic medications; not to mention those who charge a membership fee or $20 doctor's fee and don't even ship medications!

I'm just entering the legal news world, and I'm naive and inexperienced.

Please enlighten me with your comments!