一名著名俄罗斯垃圾邮件发送者被暗杀，原因是黑帮用e-mail进行交易，结果发现邮箱被垃圾邮件塞满，一怒之下将垃圾邮件发送者乱棍打死，估计黑帮老大是损失了不少钱财才会如此出离愤怒的。此人以给全俄境内所有Email地址发送其英语培训班广告而臭名昭著（苏联版俞敏洪？），希望大家引以为戒。

报道出自slashdot，原文很简单：

Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment

25.07.2005 13:14 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:29 MSK, MosNews

Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head.

Kushnir, 35, headed the English learning centers the Center for American English, the New York English Centre and the Centre for Spoken English, all known to have aggressive Internet advertising policies in which millions of e-mails were sent every day.

In the past angry Internet users have targeted the American English centre by publishing the Center’s telephone numbers anywhere on the Web to provoke telephone calls. The Center’s telephone was advertised as a contact number for cheap sex services, or bargain real estate sales.

Another attack involved hundreds of people making phone calls to the American English Center and sending it numerous e-mails back, but Vardan Kushnir remained sure of his right to spam, saying it was what e-mails were for.

Under Russian law, spamming is not considered illegal, although lawmakers are working on legal projects that could protect Russian Internet users like they do in Europe and the U.S.

from poseshow and slashdot