Quebec spammer must pay Facebook $873M



Guerbuez sent more than four million messages to Facebook users, praising the use of marijuana and drugs for erectile dysfunction.

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Facebook has acknowledged that it may be difficult to collect the damages granted by the court. However, the company has said it hopes the decisions will discourage future scammers from using its site.
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Lol, just wait until the new Xrumer comes out... part of it is designed to spam Facebook.
 
He probably made shitloads of money from his spamming days... He should have moved to Thailand and bought a castle there, hire 4 full-time masseuses, 2 cooks, 2 house maids and live happily ever after. Now he's fucked.
 
$100 per email? Jesus fucking Christ.

I can't tell from the actual article, but what was he actually spamming? Because from the OP, it sounds non-commercial...
 
Rexibit said:
Lol, just wait until the new Xrumer comes out... part of it is designed to spam Facebook.
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I hope you're wrong about this, but usually you know what's up.

The problem with xrumer working on Facebook is that it'll put xrumer into the wide open and authorities / spamfighters will know about it a LOT more, it'll get attention from Google, and who knows what people will do.

Right now, xrumer gets away with success because link profiling can fly under the radar pretty well. Facebook = NOT under the radar.
 
Berto said:
I hope you're wrong about this, but usually you know what's up.

The problem with xrumer working on Facebook is that it'll put xrumer into the wide open and authorities / spamfighters will know about it a LOT more, it'll get attention from Google, and who knows what people will do.

Right now, xrumer gets away with success because link profiling can fly under the radar pretty well. Facebook = NOT under the radar.
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For serius? You think G doesn't know about xrumer?? It's like on every major and minor forum... Everyone talks about it and sells "blasts". It's not a secret weapon.
 
iPwnNoobs said:
slap on the wrist
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That's what I thought too when I heard he had to pay up 873 million until I read the rest of the judge's order...

Fournier also forbade Guerbuez from having a Facebook account
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I mean, sure, a 873 million dollar bill would jack up anyone's christmas, but he can't have a Facebook account anymore? That's fuckin' harsh! Doesn't the judge know that Facebook has like 500 kabillion people on it now? How is he going to see pictures of his sister's cat puking on the rug, or know that his friends all Liked "Degrassi Junior High : The Next Generation", or that his mom "poked" him?
 
How much did BP get fined for fucking up the ocean? $50mill?

And this guy gets fined $873m for spamming fb inboxes? Are you fucking kidding me, how the fuck did the judge even come up with the $100 per email idea?
 
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