Re: Off topic--spam, why does it work?

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Re tracking down spammers, Jordan wrote:
> They usually go to great lengths to conceal their true identities and true
> locations, perhaps because a lot of what they are selling is utterly
> worthless --
> even if you exclude the many offers that are outright fraud. Also, the
> methods by
> which they are disseminating their messages are deceptive, may be borderline
> illegal, and definitely violate the rules of umpteen ISPs. Given those
> circumstances, if you were doing this, how easily would you care to be found ?
So even though they are collecting money at some definable location, that
can't be tracked? Is it that the "location" is in cyberspace--e.g., a
merchant account for credit-card transactions going to a P.O. box or
something? I don't mean to belabor this topic. It just seems to me that the
charge will ultimately appear on your credit-card statement, and Visa or
whichever company knows who is getting it.


Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx