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Score one for the good guys.

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Goodin, who was arrested last year, was found guilty of operating a sophisticated phishing scheme, the prosecutors said in the statement. As part of the scam, he sent e-mails posing as AOL’s billing department to trick people into giving up their credit card information, according to the statement. He then used the credit card data to make purchases, prosecutors said Tuesday.

While he won’t get a 101 years for just spamming, this case is a perfect example of how spam can be tremendously harmful to people.

Be careful out there.

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