[Clips] Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment

[Tyler Durden]

Any indication he was bludgeoned with a can of spam?

-TD




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>Subject: [Clips] Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment
>Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:09:11 -0400
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>   - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM
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>  Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment
>  Created: 25.07.2005 13:14 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 14:24 MSK, 16 hours 33
>  minutes ago
>  MosNews
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>  Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of
>  Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow
>  apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering
>  repeated blows to the head.
>
>  Kushnir, 35, headed the English learning centers the Center for American
>  English, the New York English Centre and the Centre for Spoken English, 
>all
>  known to have aggressive Internet advertising policies in which millions 
>of
>  e-mails were sent every day.
>
>  In the past angry Internet users have targeted the American English 
>centre
>  by publishing the Center's telephone numbers anywhere on the Web to 
>provoke
>  telephone calls. The Center's telephone was advertised as a contact 
>number
>  for cheap sex services, or bargain real estate sales.
>
>  Another attack involved hundreds of people making phone calls to the
>  American English Center and sending it numerous e-mails back, but Vardan
>  Kushnir remained sure of his right to spam, saying it was what e-mails 
>were
>  for.
>
>  Under Russian law, spamming is not considered illegal, although lawmakers
>  are working on legal projects that could protect Russian Internet users
>  like they do in Europe and the U.S.
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