Tom is a BADASS!

Coor · Post by **Coor** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:21 pm

A U.S teenager has become the first person to be arrested on suspicion of sending unsolicited instant messages--or spim.

Anthony Greco, 18, was lured from New York to Los Angeles under the pretence of a business meeting. He was arrested upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport last Wednesday.

Greco allegedly sent 1.5 million messages advertising pornography and mortgages. According to reports, the recipients of the messages were all members of the MySpace.com online networking service.

In a further twist upon the scam, Greco had allegedly threatened to share his methods for spamming members of the group if MySpace.com didn't sign an exclusive marketing deal that would have legitimized the messages he was sending via the service.

Greco believed he was flying to Los Angeles to cement that agreement with MySpace President Tom Anderson.

MySpace.com launched IM for its members in December 2003. Reports claim Greco began spamming members using the service in autumn 2004.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Hoffstadt confirmed the arrest was the first criminal case brought against an individual sending spam over IM. But he warned there may well be more to come.

"We're just beginning to get the tip of the iceberg. This could be a new wave as online communities start up," he said in a statement.

Experts have warned in recent years that spim will be the next area of development for those looking to further exploit access to users' desktops and bombard them with unwanted messages, but its growth has been slow.

The immediacy of instant messaging and its growing popularity with businesses and home users means spam via the medium could theoretically become even more obtrusive than email spam.

Will Sturgeon of Silicon.com

Don't fuck with MySpace BITCHES!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:44 pm

That's awesome. But "spim"? That's such a goofy name for it. Why does it need its own name? Spam is spam. Spim is spam.

Zeo · Post by **Zeo** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:54 pm

Jack wrote:That's awesome. But "spim"? That's such a goofy name for it. Why does it need its own name? Spam is spam. Spim is spam.

All spam is spam, and all spim is spam, but not all spam is spim.

junkie christ · Post by **junkie christ** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:56 am

i like how everyone knows who myspace tom is.
really
he gets into like VIP parties and shit. real high class stuff
by being the "myspace guy"
and hes made a fucking fortune off myspace.
and will continue to
envy much?
oh yea.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:51 am

Zeo wrote:
Jack wrote:That's awesome. But "spim"? That's such a goofy name for it. Why does it need its own name? Spam is spam. Spim is spam.

All spam is spam, and all spim is spam, but not all spam is spim.

But if spim is correctly named, then shouldn't regular spam be called spem? I also think the 'spim' name is moronic. It's all spam, nothing but spam, and it should just all be called spam, regardless of the means by which you get it.

....spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spamity, spam, wonderful spam.

Coor · Post by **Coor** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:46 am

I have to disagree...See MySpace uses it own Instant Messaging program...and since the site offers mail and mailboxes...this is kind of accurate...

I'm always glad to know when I wake up at 5 am, for god knows what, get online...and see that MySpace is down...they offer arcade games to kill there 3 hour scheduled maintiance...

Tom is killer.