'Spam King' Charged With Posting 27 Million Facebook Messages

Sanford Wallace, also called "Spamford" Wallace, who has been crowned as Facebook's "Spam King" of Las Vegas, Nevada, 47 years old, pleaded guilty Monday that he sent more than 27 million spam messages on Facebook through a phishing scam, according to United Press International.

He managed to access almost 500,000 Facebook accounts before he began to send spam to other Facebook users, according to hngn.

But even before the Internet, Samford would send junk faxes violating laws enacted in 1991. Since then, he has faced a number of lawsuits for "email spamming, multiple-window launching (remember that?) spyware scams and MySpace phishing," according to msn.

"Phishing is what happens when you send an email or message to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise (or employee) in order to scam the user into surrendering private information that can be used for a number of reasons, including identity theft", according to webopedia.

Wallace was thus charged with fraud and criminal contempt, along with misusing electronic mail, after an FBI investigation. He is currently out on bond and is scheduled for a sentencing on December 7, reported Engadget.

He faces a maximum prison sentence of three years and a fine of $250,000.

Does it really mean that the spam king is dead? Or will he continue to live through others?