Shane Atkinson
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Shane Atkinson, of Christchurch, New Zealand was a major spammer whose details were leaked onto the Internet soon after an article was written about him in the New Zealand Herald. He got out of the spam business entirely, citing "negative feedback" [1] as the main reason for leaving.
Atkinson was tracked down by anti-spam collaborators on the Usenet news.net-admin newsgroups. Before being identified, Atkinson's operation would send up to 100 million messages on a "good day,"[2] advertising for penis-enlargement pills. The actual spamming was done by a 15 year-old boy in the United States, who earned $500.00 a day doing so. His web sites were hosted on Polish and Pakistani network providers, who typically ignore complaints.
