Sanford Wallace

Sanford Wallace

male
Spammer, E-mail spammer, spam king, Ig Nobel Prize winner, spam, e-mail spam
Sanford "Spamford" Wallace is a spammer who came to notoriety in 1997, promoting himself as the original Spam King.
Scott Richter

Scott Richter

male, 42 years old
E-mail spammer, all laws, Email spam, CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, US dollar…spam
Scott Richter (born January 10, 1967) is the CEO of Media Breakaway, formerly known as OptInRealBig.com LLC. He paid $7 million to Microsoft in...

John Gilmore

male
eff, des, Deep Crack, Data Encryption Standard, EFF DES cracker, From San Francisco…spam
John Gilmore is one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks mailing list, and Cygnus Solutions. He created the alt.*...
Jeremy Jaynes

Jeremy Jaynes

male, 35 years old
Spammer, criminal, get-rich-quick scheme, Spamhaus, spam, e-mail
Jeremy Jaynes (born 1974) was a prolific e-mail spammer, broadcasting junk e-mail from his home in North Carolina, United States. Under a variety...

Mark Anderson

male
computer programmer, Cronus, e-zines, Mark (Cronus) Anderson, Discordant Opposition Journal, e-mail spam…spam
Mark (Cronus) Anderson is a leading Irish security professional. Mark is the co-founder of Whitedust along with Mark Hinge. Prior to founding...
Alan Ralsky

Alan Ralsky

male
Spammer, fraudster, federal bureau of investigation, E-mail spammer, internet, spam
Alan Ralsky (born c. 1945) is an American convicted fraudster, most well-known for his activities as a spammer.
Steve Linford

Steve Linford

male
computer scientist, Julian Linford, Sherlock, Anti-spam, macintosh, European Space Agency…spam
Steve Linford is a British anti-spam activist best known for founding The Spamhaus Project. Linford was born in England. His parents moved to Rome...

Chris Lewis

male
Canadian, There Is No Cabal, Usenet Death Penalty, UDPS, Nortel/BNR, spam
Chris Lewis is a Canadian expert on Usenet and spam. He is perhaps best known for his work in writing and running auto-cancelers for newsgroup...
James Seng

James Seng

male
Seng Ching Hong, internationalized domain names, IDN, Singapore Press Holdings, Pacific Internet, MMORPG…spam
Seng Ching Hong (commonly referred to as James Seng) is one of the Internet pioneers in Singapore and is recognized as an international expert in...
Derek Wyatt

Derek Wyatt

male, 59 years old
Oxford Internet Institute, labour party, London Borough of Haringey, British MP, Labour MP, British House of Commons…e-mail spam, spam
Derek Murray Wyatt (born 4 December 1949) is a British politician, and Labour Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent, first...