An Iowa-based ISP has been awarded $11 billion in damages after James McCalla was found guilty of sending 280 million spam emails, falsely claiming that the emails originated from the ISP’s domain.

Under Iowa state law, the ISP was entitled to $10 for every spam email sent.

According to an article on ZDNet, a Sophos spokesperson said, “This judgement against a spammer is undoubtedly the biggest we have ever heard of.”

The ISP acknowledged that it was unlikely to see any of the money, but hoped spammers would get the message that their activities will lead to “an economic death penalty”.

Read the whole story — The Register | ZDNet UK | Slashdot

Tags: email, spam, spammer

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