Sunnyvale, CA -- October 28, 2004 -- As part of its continued
commitment to protect consumers from unwanted junk e-mail, Yahoo!
Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News), a leading global Internet company, today
announced the filing of a lawsuit against "East Coast Exotics
Entertainment Group, Inc. and Epoth LLC" for unlawfully sending
sexually-explicit bulk spam e-mail messages to Yahoo! Mail users.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California in San Jose, under the federal CAN-SPAM
anti-spam law. In conjunction with Yahoo!'s lawsuit, members of the
industry's anti-spam alliance, including America Online, EarthLink
and Microsoft also announced the filing of lawsuits against
unlawful spammers.
"With today's lawsuit against East Coast Exotics Entertainment
Group, Inc. and Epoth LLC, we are holding spammers directly
accountable for unlawfully disguising their identity and using this
practice to deceive e-mail users," said Mike Callahan, senior vice
president and general counsel, Yahoo! Inc. "Consumers trust Yahoo!
to provide a safe and secure experience, which is why we take an
aggressive, multi-faceted approach to protect e-mail users through
legal efforts, industry collaboration and technological
enhancements."
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of the CAN-SPAM law, as listed below. The full complaint can be
found at: http://antispam.yahoo.com.
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Thinkpad * Sent sexually explicit material in the subject lines of e-mail
messages
* Disguised e-mail identity by including false designations of the
originating e-mail addresses
* Sent from e-mail accounts obtained for the express purpose of
sending spam
* Contained misleading header information to disguise the origin
of the messages
* Falsified the transmission path, using open proxies, to disguise
the origin of the messages
* Failed to provide a clear option to "opt-out" or unsubscribe
from future e-mails
* Failed to include the physical postal address of the sender in
the messages
* Failed to indicate that the spam messages were advertisements or
solicitations
During the past year, spammers also demonstrated their ability to work together against antispam developers. One example is the series of attacks against Blue Frog, an antispam service, which lead to the project’s closure. The potential for spammers to consolidate and centralize on an international scale poses a new threat to cyber security.
Microsoft Violations were also filed under the Computer Fraud and Abuse
Act, the California Computer Crime Statute and the civil conspiracy
law.
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Laptop Computers Industry Efforts
This is the second round of junk e-mail-related enforcement
actions filed by members of the anti-spam alliance, which was
founded in April 2003 and is led by Yahoo!, Microsoft, EarthLink
and AOL. On March 10, 2004, these companies collaborated to file
the first major industry lawsuits against spammers alleging
violations under the new CAN-SPAM federal law, which went into
effect on January 1, 2004. CAN-SPAM provides strong enforcement
tools and allows for harsh, new penalties against large-scale
spammers who use tactics of fraud, deceit and evasion to spread
their junk e-mail messages.
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Laptop Computer Information on the other Companies' lawsuits filed today
follows:
Search engine giant Yahoo! has been targeted by spammers using its domain name to hoodwink unsuspecting internet users. Yahoo! subscribers have been warned of the new trick, which sees a series of bogus emails sent to users to fool them into creating new email accounts for spammers. By getting users to create the accounts, the spammers are able to get round Yahoo!'s new technology which blocks the computerised creation of web mail accounts.
Desktop Computer * America Online: America Online filed two lawsuits in Federal
Court - both naming numerous "John Does" as Defendants and alleging
violations of Federal and State laws. One lawsuit is the very first
to expressly target "SPIM" for AOL, and the most significant
"spimmer" lawsuit ever filed in the industry, as it addresses
instant messenger spam and chat room spam. The next lawsuit is the
first AOL enforcement action against a spammer peddling controlled
substances, including Vicodin and other pharmaceuticals, which are
legally available only with a physician's prescription.
Notebooks * EarthLink: EarthLink filed a lawsuit against numerous "John
Doe" defendants who used illegal and deceptive e-mails to advertise
prescription
drugs available without a
legitimate prescription and low mortgage or loan rates, in many
cases attempting to collect and re-sell consumers' names and
contact information. EarthLink's complaint charges the
defendants with violating the CAN-SPAM Act along with other
federal and state statutes.
Lenovo * Microsoft: Today's three lawsuits filed by Microsoft allege
that defendants spoofed the domains of all four Internet service
providers and used open proxies to route the e-mails. The
defendants - one named and two "John Does" - allegedly sent
millions of e-mails soliciting
herbal growth supplements, mortgage
services and get-rich-quick schemes, all in violation of the
CAN-SPAM federal law.
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Additional details of all four companies' lawsuits are available
on their respective company press web sites.
Travelstar On the technical side, these companies collaborated in June to
present a host of detailed best practices and technical
recommendations for the entire industry in an effort to fight the
scourge of spam. Their
proposals recommended actions
and policies for the entire online industry - and primarily
focused on two key issues: helping solve the e-mail forgery
problem by eliminating domain spoofing through
cryptographic-based solutions and Internet Protocol (IP)-based
solutions; and best practices to help prevent ISPs and their
customers from being sources of spam.
Gateway About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products
and services to consumers and
businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is
the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked
Internet destination worldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale,
Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 world properties and
is available in 13 languages.
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