MySpace wins suit against spammer

MySpace has won its lawsuit against infamous spammer Sanford Wallace, dubbed the “Spam King”. MySpace was awarded a legal judgment after Wallace ignored numerous requests to turn over documents and ultimately failed to show up in court. The suit was filed last year, accusing Wallace of running a phishing scam to access MySpace profiles and then using them to spam thousands of other users in an effort to get them to visit his website. Wallace claimed that since he was not accepting mail or packages, he had missed all the notifications of his court dates. The court didn’t buy it.

“It is…a defendant’s responsibility to respond to discovery, obey court orders, and avoid dilatory tactics,” the court wrote in its order. “Taking all of the above factors into account, a default is appropriate. The court finds that Wallace’s noncompliance is due to willfulness, fault, or bad faith…Wallace has had every opportunity to avoid the sanction of default. (He) has never provided any explanation for his behavior to the court.”

Lawsuits are nothing new to Wallace. He has previously been sued by the FTC, AOL, and Concentric Network Corp, and last May was ordered by a Federal Court to turn over more than $4 million he allegedly made running various spams and scams.

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