Dec 20, 2004 : ISP Wins Damages in Spam Lawsuit

📅 December 20, 2004 - An Internet service provider has been rewarded more than $1 billion in damages in the largest judgment ever against spammers. Robert Kramer, who operates an ISP with about 5,000 subscribers in eastern Iowa, filed suit against 300 spammers after his inbound mail servers received up to 10 million spam emails a day in 2000, according to court documents.

US District Judge Charles R. Wolle filed default judgments Friday against three of the defendants under the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and the Iowa Ongoing Criminal Conduct Act. AMP Dollar Savings Inc. of Mesa, Arizonia, was ordered to pay $720 million and Cash Link Systems Inc. of Miami, Florida, was ordered to pay $360 million, and the Florida-based TEI Marketing Group was ordered to pay $140,000.
"It's definitely a victory for all of us that open up our email and find lewd and malicious and fraudulent email in our boxes every day," Kramer said after the ruling.
Kramer's attorney, Kelly Wallace, says Kramer is unlikely to ever collect on the judgment, which was made possible by an Iowa law that allows plaintiffs to claim damages of $10 per spam message, which was then tripled under RICO. The lawsuit will continue against other named defendants.

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