Former Spam King admits "I'm going to hell"

A retired spammer, simply known as Ed has revealed at a security conference in London, how he used to make up to $15,000 a week by targetting the vulnerable members of society with specific spam emails.

Using lists of reformed gambling addicts and those dependant on prescription drugs he sent out thousands of emails to try and lure people to gambling and pharmacutical sites. Using networks of average consumers drone machines rented of hackers, Ed spent up to 10 hours a day sending spam and working out ways to evade spam filters.

After making nearly half a million dollars in a year, Ed decided to pack it in to write a book. In his words "It's hard to go into a bar and explain your job to a woman by saying "I advertise penis enlargement pills online, It doesn't go down very well.".

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