14 DAY TRIAL // Todd Moeller, a 28-year-old man from New Jersey, received a sentence of 27 months in prison after he was found guilty of sending spam messages to 1,2 million AOL consumers, Reuters reported. It seems like the man made a deal with a government informer to advertise a security software solution which could bring him no less than 50 percent of the revenues. But that's not all. Moeller talked with the informer through instant messaging application and admitted that he already obtained $40,000 from other spam campaigns advertising stocks, the same source reported.
A few months ago, Todd Moeller and Adam Vitale pleaded guilty when accused of spamming AOL's consumers, admitting they managed to bypass the company's filters by changing the emails' headers and sending the messages from several servers.
There's not much you can do when the spam messages are delivered to your inbox because today's techniques are pretty advanced and they can easily bypass your filters. Just look at Gmail. Google describes Gmail as being the most powerful technology when it comes to unsolicited email messages but it's not a secret that some spam campaigns managed to affect several registered members.
The software companies from all around the world strive to develop a product which could block all the spam delivered to an inbox but I guess there is no chance to see such a technology too soon. The spammers are out there working on new ways for sending email messages so I guess the only way to keep your inbox clean is to avoid publishing your address on public websites and try to keep it private.
Sure, the email is regarded as a way to communicate on the web but there's not much to do when your computer is periodically assaulted by numerous email messages promoting Viagra, watches or drugs.