- JDO Media
JDO Media, Inc. is a
Florida -based company which, together with 50 unnamed parties, was sued byMicrosoft inMarch 2004 as part of a largerclass-action lawsuit against various spammers.The company is run by John McLeod and David Penn from the former's home in the
Tampa Bay area. The messages sent invite recipients to join the company'smulti-level marketing program (effectively apyramid scheme ).The lawsuit alleges that many of the messages, which deluged Microsoft
Hotmail accounts in particular, were sent via hijacked computers, using open proxies and false headers to conceal the true senders, in violation of the federalCAN-SPAM law. It is also alleged that JDO Media has no contact information, other than past advertising at various now-defunct websites.External links
* [http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,90994,00.html Major ISPs sue hundreds of spammers] at
Computerworld
* [http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/16/Business/Spam_wars_hit_home_on.shtml "Spam wars hit home on quiet Ocala street"] from the "St. Petersburg Times"ee Also
*
List of spammers
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