Comments on: How to Stop Spammers: Focus on Money Going Out, Not Spam Coming In

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By: Spammer

Spammer — Tue, 31 May 2011 22:29:24 +0000

I’m a legitimate email marketer, and I’d love to see the botnet-spam die.

But you should be careful what you wish for. These guys spam with their botnets because its the most profit for the least effort. They need a bank account to spam, but not to do other things.

If they choose to engage in operations like a mass DoS attack, mass hacking of people’s computers, or mass hacking of legitimate websites or government computers, many worse things can happen.

Having a few illegitimate viagra and rolex salesman might be the lesser evil.

By: Weygold

Weygold — Fri, 27 May 2011 21:13:34 +0000

Bank accounts do not need to be closed, nor do users’ credit cards need to be altered to prevent purchases from spammers banks. The mere threat that VISA will stop doing business with a certain bank will cause that bank to deal with their spammer customers.

By: John

John — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:02:48 +0000

Trying to stop spammer’s income streams will be no more effective than was Prohibition or the current laws against illicit drug usage. Those with wants will always find a way to the product. Similarly, until the morons who click without regard to the consequences are educated, spam will continue essentially unabated as it finds new ways around governments.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:50:52 +0000

I don’t think you can stop an international hacker group by closing down some bank accounts. As long as there is money to be earned, there will always be banks that want to make the business.