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NEWS FLASH
Aug 15, 2000, OAKLAND, Calif.
Spedia.com, Inc., after meeting
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced
today that it has initiated legal action against a group
of Internet abusers from China.
Over half a million libelous SPAM e-mails were sent
to Spedia and Spedia business partners in the past two
days by a group of ex-Spedia members. Spedia immediately
notified the San Francisco FBI office, which has now
opened cases against the abusers. Internet service providers
in the US have already been notified and asked to block
the IP addresses of the e-mail attack network. Further
actions will also be taken, including contacting the
respective embassies, local authorities in China, and
the abusers` employers.
Spedia, which is "notorious" among individuals conducting
computerized crimes, is known for its stringent anti-hacking
and anti-spam policies. As a result of this recent development,
Spedia today announced plans to grow its vigilant anti-abuse
units into a separate full-fledged department.
We take very seriously attempts to hurt our business
and that of our partners. The involvement of the FBI
should send a message to potential abusers that tampering
with the integrity of our company`s service will result
in severe legal actions.
The FBI has established comprehensive programs and initiatives
dealing with computer crime. Detailed information is
available at the FBI site (www.fbi.gov), especially
on the National Infrastructure Protection Center page
(www.nipc.gov). More information is also given at the
home page of the FBI Washington Field Office Infrastructure
Protection and Computer Intrusion Squad (www.fbi.gov/programs/ipcis/index.htm),
responsible for investigating unauthorized intrusions
into major computer networks.
Hackers
Beware!
What
is your policy regarding automated accumulation of points?
Spedia strongly prohibits any
usage of devices, machines, computers or other equipment
for automatic/computerized generation of points. Spedia
has a very strict policy in this regard as the computerized
generation of points negatively affects the value of
the Spedia members' ad points. Spedia will immediately
terminate any account which it believes, in its sole
discretion, is utilizing or is otherwise connected with
any automatic/computerized generation of points or other
similar illegal activities. If the member is involved
in such activities, and/or if the membership is terminated
or canceled for any reason, the member will forfeit
all accumulated point balances and other bonuses.
Can
I redirect to yourname.spedia.net utilizing URL redirection
technology?
Automated redirection to yourname.spedia.net
URLs utilizing URL redirection technology is strongly
prohibited. Members involved in such activities, will
loose their membership privileges and will forfeit all
accumulated ad point/cash balances and other bonuses.
Can
I use more than one type of SpediaBar to generate points?
No! You can not use more than
one SpediaBar (or other Spedia Network Bars) at one
time by one or more accounts. In other words, you can
not use simultaneously Spedia Bar for Windows and Spedia
Bar for Internet Explorer to increase the number of
points you will generate. Spedia will track down and
terminate accounts that abuse this rule.
Can
I register multiple accounts?
It is against our rules members to have multiple accounts
for the purposes of obtaining referral points. If you
are found to have multiple accounts, which you have
used to make cross-references, Spedia will immediately
terminate your accounts. Furthermore, the member will
forfeit all accumulated point/cash balances and other
bonuses.
What
is your Anti-Spam Policy?
Spedia will immediately terminate
any account which it believes, in its sole discretion,
is transmitting or is otherwise connected with any spam
or other unsolicited bulk emails and postings. SPAM
includes, but is not limited to, unsolicited emails
and/or postings in discussion groups, bulletin boards,
public domain groups, IRC, ICQ, and chat groups. SPAM
messages are generally prohibited by most network providers
and certain jurisdictions and those users employing
them may be subject to fines and/or imprisonment. Spedia
does not allow its members to utilize SPAM messages.
The company will automatically terminate all spamming
accounts. The only acceptable methods of referring someone
to our Spedia program are through communication with
family and friends, as well as through establishing
a link to our web site on member owned web site.
What
is Spedia Hall-of-Shame?
Hall-of-Shame is a record of all
red-flagged accounts. Now you can search our Hall of
Shame database for accounts that have been red-flagged
by our systems in suspicion of one or more of the following
fraudulent activities:
- SPAM
report
- Automated
generation of ad points
- Multiple
cross-referenced accounts
- Automated
redirection to yourname.spedia.net URLs
- Simultaneous
usage of more than one type of Spedia Bar
If
your account is in our Hall of Shame database you will
not be able to accumulate ad points and/or access your
account. If you would like to dispute our action please
send an email to account@spedia.net. We want to apologize
in advance if the freezing of your account is caused
by mistake.
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