NEW YORK, August 22, 2003 - The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) today acknowledged that it proposed to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) an innovative and groundbreaking industry/law enforcement cooperative effort to identify and prosecute spammers.
Operation Slam Spam, as the effort is now called, represents the first concrete step by any group to publicly put all spammers on notice that federal and international law enforcement bodies now will have formal assistance and major resources devoted from industry to identify, prosecute, and lock up the bad actors who threaten to wholly undermine e-mail as a viable communications medium.
"Our message to spammers is: If you're lying to consumers, not honoring consumers' requests, trying to swindle consumers, and ruin the Internet economy - the end is near," said H. Robert Wientzen, president & CEO, The DMA. "Spammers are taking the Internet on a joy ride, and we are going to work hard to put a stop to it." ....... read more.......@
http://www.marketingtoday.com/emarketing/dma_slam_spam-Sept03.htm
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