Russian Viagra Email Spammer Murdered by Hitman
25 10 2007
“Russian Viagra and Penis Enlargement Spammer Murdered
Posted on October 11th, 2007 by admin and filed under Uncategorized.
Wow, just saw this on TV, so I decided to translate this story into English so my readers will be first to learn this. Sorry for mistakes in my English, I’m doing this in a hurry :)”
Alexey Tolstokozhev (btw, in Russian his name means ‘Thick Skin’), a Russian spammer, found murdered in his luxury house near Moscow. He has been shot several times with one bullet stuck in his head. According to authorities, this last head shot is a clear mark of russian hit men (known as “killers” in Russia).”
Ummm, I think everyone calls them ‘killers’ dude. Nice idea, poorly written, not just the English, but it’s just poorly put together, imo. Made it to Digg. Circulating around the net quickly. Some people are happy that a big time email spammer was murdered: “Ha, he got what he deserved!” type of reaction.
The article at loonov.com also claims: “Tolstokozhev is estimated to be responsible for up to 30% percent of all viagra and penis enlargement related spam.”
Hmmm, 30% is quite a bit. Nice touch to the story, because people are already debating the impact on their Inbox.
Sorry, but the whole thing is a hoax!
Why am I saying it’s a hoax? Well, the article is dated October 11th, 2007 and funny thing is that the site that broke the story, loonov.com, was registered on, yup you got it, Creation Date: 11-Oct-2007.
Here’s what theregister.co.uk has to say about it:
“Unfortunately, the tale is a load of cobblers.
First up, the name Alexey Tolstokozhev doesn’t appear on Spamhaus’ ROKSO list, an odd omission for a supposedly prolific spammer. Perhaps he’s managed to dodge ISP takedown orders, if not assassins bullets.
Alexey Tolstokozhev fails to show up on any web searches either, except in the context of his supposed assassination. Informed parties, such as Sunbelt president and chief executive Alex Eckelberry, have never heard of him either.”
Oh well, better check my Inbox, I’m sure it filled up while I was writing this.
Bompa
