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7.16.08 7:55 PM EDT By cwalters

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A man who spammed 1.2 million AOL customers was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday. Now how will we ever find out how to make bigger p3nz? Oh wait, here comes another spam… [CNN Money]

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7.16.08By cwalters

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