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    August 4, 2011

    Sanford Wallace, Facebook Spam King, Surrendered to FBI

    Spam King​Sanford "Spamford" Wallace, the notorious social-networking spammer, self surrendered to FBI agents today, nearly a month after he was indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple counts of electronic mail fraud. The 43-year-old Wallace spam artist appeared in federal court today where h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    E-mail Spammers Are Migrating to Social Media

    Cramming your life​This morning, I had 12 e-mails in my spambox. That includes a few false positives, so really it's only nine. Older spams are deleted automatically -- every night. A few months ago, I was getting anywhere from a few dozen to a couple of hundred new spams a day -- the overwhelming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Anti-Spam Crusader Dan Balsam Takes on 'Cheating Wives,' Other Spammers

    ​Dan Balsam's inbox has been deluged with hundreds and hundreds of e-mails over the past 36 hours. But, for once, the anti-spam crusader is happy about it. The San Francisco lawyer was the subject of a national Associated Press feature; readers may recall SF Weekly penning a story about Balsam bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Meet the IZ IT Taco Truck: Chinese Fried Chicken, Spam Musubi, and a Family Legacy

    IZ ITThe menu blends owner Kamyn Kong's Hawaiian and Chinese American pedigree.​Like Broadway shows, some of the best food trucks open out of town. In Brisbane yesterday, IZ IT Fresh Grill was merely the latest to make its debut. The mobile startup is specializing in Chinese-style fried chicke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Anti-Spam Crusader Dan Balsam Takes Spammers To Court -- And Wins

    Dan Balsam' s favorite Monty Python sketch, bar none...​Note to the world: Dan Balsam is tired of his wife receiving e-mail messages promising her a bigger penis. And he has no interest in getting larger breasts. How much does the San Francisco lawyer hate spam? Enough to initiate the DanHatesSpam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Sigh. Yes, Today Is National Margarita Day.

    Hooray! Today's the day! ​After being relentlessly hounded by a spamming tequila marketer -- which conjured up horrific mental imagery of tequila and Spam -- I am capitulating. I will inform you that today, Monday, is National Margarita Day. While "Margarita Monday" is alliterate, I can't understa ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 2, 2004

    The Call of the Coop

    Hooray! Today's the day! ​After being relentlessly hounded by a spamming tequila marketer -- which conjured up horrific mental imagery of tequila and Spam -- I am capitulating. I will inform you that today, Monday, is National Margarita Day. While "Margarita Monday" is alliterate, I can't understa ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 1997

    Letters

    Hooray! Today's the day! ​After being relentlessly hounded by a spamming tequila marketer -- which conjured up horrific mental imagery of tequila and Spam -- I am capitulating. I will inform you that today, Monday, is National Margarita Day. While "Margarita Monday" is alliterate, I can't understa ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 1997

    Spammer-Jamming Hammered

    The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

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