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   I guess he won't be extending anyone's mortgage by three inches anymore …
                                        
> Who hated Tolstokozhev so much as to hire a hit man to assasinate him?
> Well, I guess you have about one billion e-mail users to suspect.
> Tolstokozhev was a famous spammer who sent millions of e-mail promoting
> viagra, cialis, penis enlargement pills and other medications. Links in
> these e-mails usually led to some pharmacy shop, which paid Tolstokozhev a
> share of its revenue. This is a well known affiliate scheme employed by
> spammers worldwide. Tolstokozhev is estimated to be responsible for up to
> 30% percent of all viagra and penis enlargement related spam.
> 

Via Wlofie [1] in email, “Russian Viagra and Penis Enlargement Spammer
Murdered [2]”

Well, speaking of anti-spam measures [3], that certainly works (not that I …
um … condone … such actions). A bit messy, in both physical and legal
aspects, but still, quite effective.

Update a few minutes later

Then again, it may be a hoax:

* Two dead spammers? [4]
* ‘Dead spammer’ story a hoax [5]


[1] http://wlofie.dyndns.org/
[2] http://loonov.com/russian-viagra-and-penis-enlargement
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2007/10/12.1
[4] http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2007/10/11/two-dead-
[5] http://taint.org/2007/10/11/203243a.html

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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