Word: spam
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...scouring the Web for that pre-IPO stock that will bring you riches, take heed. The SEC has been cracking down on a number of companies that use the Internet to make false and misleading pre-IPO claims and stock offers, either through their websites or spam messages. In most cases, these companies have no hope of ever going public. Last month 1stBuy.com settled with the sec after allegedly defrauding more than 1,000 investors of $3.8 million. If it looks too good to be true, chances...
...Harvard does a pretty good job of leveling the financial playing field. When I embarked on this column I had no idea which of the people I know work on Dorm Crew. So I sent out a random spam email asking for current or former Dorm Crew workers to the roomies and about 10 other people. I told them that I was calling for an end to Dorm Crew...
...gold. But alas, there must be a catch. And in the "Big Diet" house, our overstuffed contestants will have to not only survive each other, but also survive a house stocked with everything but carrots and celery. In every corner, there will be pies and pastries, sausage and spam, cotton candy and candy corn, oil-dripping pizza, luscious string cheese, buttered popcorn, greasy potato chips, hot chocolate fudge, marshmallow stashes, twinkies, ho-hos, lard, etc. And to make things even more intriguing, the house also carries a complete indoor gym and a jogging track. After all, even the producers...
Morris suggested that because votes taken on Vote.com lead to e-mail messages sent to elected officials, they are binding in some sense--and will be more so as more people visit such sites. Weisberg dismissed these messages as "spam...
Internet consultant Paul Vixie is already working to regulate the sending of junk mail--known as spam--to user inboxes, creating lists of senders who should be blocked...