Sanford Wallace, who in 1997 was awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for his seminal role in manufacturing and distributing spam, has reportedly been convicted yet again on spam-related legal charges. The Associated Press reports, on August 25, 2015: Nevada man pleads guilty to sending spam to Facebook users A Nevada man pleaded guilty Monday to […]
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Ig-Nobel-winning spam pioneer indicted again
Sanford Wallace, who proudly and perhaps correctly claims credit for the early growth spurt of computer spam, is having yet another adventure with the legal system. Wallace likes to be called “Spamford”. He was awarded the 1997 Ig Nobel Prize in the field of communications. The Ig Nobel citation read “neither rain nor sleet nor dark […]
The persistence of Spamford
Ig Nobel Prize winner Sanford Wallace provides yet another lesson in persistence. Wallace (a.k.a. “Spamford”, or the “Spam King”) was awarded the 1997 Ig Nobel Prize in communications because “neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night have stayed this self-appointed courier from delivering electronic junk mail to all the world.” A February 27, 2009 […]