Alan Ralsky
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Alan Ralsky is a spammer, who promotes himself as "The King Of Spam" and, according to experts in the field, has long been one of the most prolific senders of junk e-mail messages in the world.
He did an interview with The Detroit News that provoked an outcry among users of the internet. One attack that has been common is for anonymous people to sign Ralsky up for unsolicited post advertisements.
In December 2002, the article was posted on Slashdot and some slashdotters hatched a plan to give him a taste of his own medicine. A user obtained the address to his new home and posted it there. Hundreds of Slashdotters then searched the Internet for advertising mailing lists or free catalogs and signed up with his address. As a result he was inundated with tons of junk mail a day, he is quoted as saying "They've signed me up for every advertising campaign and mailing list there is ... These people are out of their minds. They're harassing me".
In early October 2005, a warrant was unsealed, showing the FBI raided Alan Ralsky's home in September (2005). In the raid, the FBI took computers, financial records, and even The Detroit News article cited earlier. They then raided his son-in-law's home. Ralsky was said to have been out of business but not shut down. Anti-spammers noted some spam has continued to appear from the resources owned by Ralsky, although at a very small fraction of Ralsky's original volume.
According to the Detroit News, Ralsky is a former insurance agent, who served three years probation for a felony charge of falsifying banking records. According to the Detroit Free Press, he also served a 50 day sentence in 1992 for selling unregistered securities.
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External links
- News by guardian.co.uk
- News regarding his new home
- Alan Ralsky's home
- Another Millionaire Spammer Story
- FBI raid on his home in September 2005
- Spamhaus ROKSO record for Alan Ralsky
