The Sleazy Life and Nasty Death of Russia’s Spam King

gonzo · 07-26-2006

Cut and Paste from Wired.

He withheld pay from employees, boasted of his sexual adventures, enraged government officials, and flooded Russia with 25 million emails a day. Then one morning, Vardan Kushnir’s mother found his bloodied body on the bathroom floor, skull bashed in.

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softball · 07-26-2006

What I find interesting is this guy was a world class spammer..oops mailer...and he was only making 13k a month. So, wtf were all these world calss spammers around here actually making? Things that make you go hmmmmm.

Robin · 07-26-2006

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Originally Posted by rhetorical

What I find interesting is this guy was a world class spammer..oops mailer...and he was only making 13k a month. So, wtf were all these world calss spammers around here actually making? Things that make you go hmmmmm.

Yeah but was he just spamming to to Russians/Foreigners to learn languages? I think spam on that scale on other topics to the US would net higher than $250K a month.

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softball Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,165	Re: The Sleazy Life and Nasty Death of Russia’s Spam King What I find interesting is this guy was a world class spammer..oops mailer...and he was only making 13k a month. So, wtf were all these world calss spammers around here actually making? Things that make you go hmmmmm.