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Posted: 10/11/2007 7:39:39 PM EDT

www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/26/russian_spammer_killed/

Russian Spammer Murdered

Notorious Russian spammer Vardan Kushnir was found bludgeoned to death in his Moscow apartment on Sunday. He was killed by repeated blows to the head, Russian news agency Interfax reports.

Kushnir, 35, headed the Center for American English, whose aggressive spamming practices have angered net users. In the past the Center’s telephone was advertised as a contact number for "cheap sex services". Separately, disgruntled surfers have blitzed the American English Center with nuisance phone calls and returned e,mail messages. Lawmakers are considering the introduction of anti-spam laws but the practice remains legal in Russia and Kushnir remained defiant about his "right to spam".

The public prosecutions office of Moscow's Central administrative district has yet to establish a motive for Kushnir's death, but is treating the case as murder.

Russia’s Interior Ministry reports 1,935 unsolved murders, 73,000 burglaries and 11,400 robberies between January and May 2005, Mosnews reports.

Yeah a man is dead... but someone apparantly did something that many of us have wanted to do before after deleting 400 emails.

Posted: 10/11/2007 7:41:44 PM EDT

[#1]

I feel nothing, as I munch blissfully on a fried SPAM sammich that my wife made.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:18:15 PM EDT

[#2]

That'll teach him.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:20:01 PM EDT

[#3]

Doesn't seem like a great loss to society.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:20:05 PM EDT

[#4]

I'm only sorry it wasn't me doing the clubbing. Good luck getting a jury of anybody who's ever used the internet, to convict the man who did it. Assuming the popo even bother trying to catch this internet hero.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:23:34 PM EDT

[#5]

You can't have MANSLAUGHTER without Laughter....

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:27:58 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
I'm only sorry it wasn't me doing the clubbing. Good luck getting a jury of anybody who's ever used the internet, to convict the man who did it. Assuming the popo even bother trying to catch this internet hero.

He's in Russia....

Jury? What jury?

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:30:17 PM EDT

[#7]

Good ~~shoot~~bludgeoning!

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:30:19 PM EDT

[#8]

After my computer got infected by a virus for the third fucking time, I not only feel no pitty for this man, but a slight twinge of regret that I didn't get to kick him in the balls before he went.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:31:39 PM EDT

[#9]

I get approximately 40,000 spam messages a month (several web sites, internet advertising, etc), but murder is not the answer. You just have to be smarter than them. Out of those 40,000, my filters (which I have nearly perfected over the years) catch all but about 14 of them, while only mistakenly deleting about 3 wanted emails. You just have to get POP savvy.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:31:43 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I'm only sorry it wasn't me doing the clubbing. Good luck getting a jury of anybody who's ever used the internet, to convict the man who did it. Assuming the popo even bother trying to catch this internet hero.

He's in Russia....

Jury? What jury?

You're right.

All I read was "spammer killed." All I needed to know.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:34:01 PM EDT

[#11]

FHIC

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:37:44 PM EDT

[#12]

It doesn't bother me none.

We're over populated if you didn't notice and some people I'm pretty sure we'd be better off without.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:42:32 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
That'll teach him.

Indeed. Maybe he'll think twice about a career in spamming next time...

oh wait...

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:45:16 PM EDT

[#14]

I've probably spent a total of 8 hours this week with 3 different company's tech support, all based in India and all about as worthless as tits on a hog and about as annoying as a drunk monkey with bagpipes.

All I can say is that I hope the murderer flees to India and goes on a fucking rampage....before I do.

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:51:47 PM EDT

[#15]

oh well

Posted: 10/11/2007 8:59:18 PM EDT

[#16]

He might have pissed off the mob. Or, it could be that Russia is kind of like the U.S. used to be "back in the day."

When it's painfully, clearly obvious that some malcontent needs bludgeoning to death, men of standing in the community get together - not lowlifes, mind you - have a brief discussion, and then go bludgeon the motherfucker to death.

Yeah, sure, once in a blue moon they'll get the wrong guy or something, but all in all it's a fairly efficient and effective system and people don't generally get bludgeoned for jaywalking. It's usually something fairly odious, long term, and incurable like pedophilia, wife beating, and spamming.

Posted: 10/12/2007 2:46:34 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
The guy was just making a living.

You could same the same about meth cookers and people that sell kiddie porn.... but it doesn't make it right.

Posted: 10/12/2007 2:48:10 AM EDT

[#18]

oh well, I won't miss him

Posted: 10/12/2007 2:52:52 AM EDT

[#19]

Well, Bye

Posted: 10/12/2007 2:55:51 AM EDT

[#20]

murder's always wrong but I won't shed a tear in this case

Posted: 10/12/2007 3:21:56 AM EDT

[#21]

1. Start spamming everyone
2. Piss off Russian Mob boss by sending his 5yo daughter Viagra ads
3. ?????
4. Profit!

Kharn

Posted: 10/12/2007 3:44:30 AM EDT

[#22]

If only all spamblocker programs were capable of bludgeoning spammers to death....

Posted: 10/12/2007 5:09:47 AM EDT

[#23]

KARMA

Posted: 10/12/2007 5:16:34 AM EDT

[#24]

Let's see....a dead spammer....a dead Russian spammer.......that scenario is packed full of WIN! Good riddance.

Posted: 10/12/2007 5:18:20 AM EDT

[#25]

Ha, seems he got hit by the "Norton" anti virus!

Posted: 10/12/2007 6:14:17 AM EDT

[#26]

2005 wants their article back.

Posted: 10/12/2007 6:22:04 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
2005 wants their article back.

No shit.

Posted: 10/12/2007 6:25:13 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The guy was just making a living.

You could same the same about meth cookers and people that sell kiddie porn.... but it doesn't make it right.

Yep, they are all in need of a clubbin'!

Posted: 10/12/2007 6:30:35 AM EDT

[#29]

I'm tired of spammers. They can go to hell. I have a very hard time feeling any remorse for this guy.

Posted: 10/12/2007 6:44:44 AM EDT

[#30]

Had he lived in Australia it'd only have been a booting.

Posted: 10/12/2007 6:49:15 AM EDT

[#31]

most spammers are into identity theft, denial of service attacks for extortion/sabotage, etc.

he probably ripped off someone who paid him for stolen credit card numbers or something along those lines.

i'm thinking Russian mafia.

Posted: 10/12/2007 6:53:59 AM EDT

[#32]

Don't know how you should feel? Wait 'til you get your next spam email...then you'll know

Posted: 10/12/2007 6:54:06 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/26/russian_spammer_killed/

Russian Spammer Murdered

Notorious Russian spammer Vardan Kushnir was found bludgeoned to death in his Moscow apartment on Sunday. He was killed by repeated blows to the head, Russian news agency Interfax reports.

Kushnir, 35, headed the Center for American English, whose aggressive spamming practices have angered net users. In the past the Center’s telephone was advertised as a contact number for "cheap sex services". Separately, disgruntled surfers have blitzed the American English Center with nuisance phone calls and returned e,mail messages. Lawmakers are considering the introduction of anti-spam laws but the practice remains legal in Russia and Kushnir remained defiant about his "right to spam".

The public prosecutions office of Moscow's Central administrative district has yet to establish a motive for Kushnir's death, but is treating the case as murder.

Russia’s Interior Ministry reports 1,935 unsolved murders, 73,000 burglaries and 11,400 robberies between January and May 2005, Mosnews reports.

Yeah a man is dead... but someone apparantly did something that many of us have wanted to do before after deleting 400 emails.

Did they find the murderer yet? I mean, they've had two+ years to investigate it!

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