In what may be one of the largest punishments ever doled out for spamming, MySpace managed to stick two spammers who abused its site with a $230 million judgment on Tuesday. A Los Angeles judge awarded the judgment after defendants Sanford Wallace, and his partner, Walter Rines failed to appear in court.
According to the Associated Press, Wallace and Rines allegedly carried out their spamming through MySpace by creating fake accounts and taking over others with phishing e-mails, then sending e-mails to MySpace members that appeared to come from friends, asking them to visit a link. The links took users to gambling and pornography Web sites.
