It's been done. US government went after a bunch of 
folk behind that Nigerian money transfer scam. Others 
have successfully sued spammers in states that have 
those kinds of laws.

The real problem becomes collecting any judgement 
you might get.

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu

On 10 Jan 2003, at 13:59, Lonna Poland wrote:

> Yes, but what good does it do to "threaten".  They don't
> take threats seriously.  The real question is.... can
> anyone ever prosecute? > > cbirds tapped out this message
> on 1/10/2003 2:28 PM > > >Mike Taylor tapped out this
> message on 1/10/2003 2:01 PM > > > >>I agree..and it's
> getting worse... > >> > >>I found the following article
> enlightening: >
> >>http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/INW20021219S0003
> > >> > >Virginia antispam statute, which > >              
>               requires that offenders pay > $25,00 per > >
>                             day of sending junk mail in >
> violation > >of > >                             the
> statute. > > > Ooops I clicked send before I was ready. >
> > I was trying to say, we ALL need something like this
> where we can > threaten with fines for sending UCE that
> has been supposedly rejected.
> 
> 


 

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