Ebay has become an important marketplace of anything and everything — from the weird (buy ad space on my forehead!) to the unexplained (image of the Virgin Mary on a half eaten sandwich) to the charitable endeavors (beat “Frank” the cancer sticker). Well, with all the available items on eBay, can the spammers be far behind? A search of “email lists” yield several listings of email lists containing anywhere from 60 million to 350 million addresses, with bidding starting anywhere from as low as $7.99 to $69.99. The claim, of course, is that these email lists are 100% opt-in, no spam valid email addresses. Yeah, right!
Despite the legislative and industry efforts to crack down on spam, spammers have found a new marketplace to trade their wares. Paging the FTC!
