Moral: use a carrot (APTC), not a stick (threats)
Spammer To Pay $350K Over O-Care Emails
A company has agreed to pay $350,000 over claims that it sent threatening spam emails regarding the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Kobeni Inc. and its president, Yair Shalev, have agreed to pay the sum to settle regulators' charges that it sent deceptive emails that pushed recipients to register for health insurance and falsely warned that users would be violating federal law if they did not do so, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday. The FTC brought the charges — its first related to ObamaCare fraud — in January (Tummarello, 8/12).
The emails then directed recipients to websites containing advertisements for insurance companies, the FTC said. Those insurance companies paid the email spammers when people clicked on their ads.
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Spammer To Pay $350K Over O-Care Emails
A company has agreed to pay $350,000 over claims that it sent threatening spam emails regarding the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Kobeni Inc. and its president, Yair Shalev, have agreed to pay the sum to settle regulators' charges that it sent deceptive emails that pushed recipients to register for health insurance and falsely warned that users would be violating federal law if they did not do so, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday. The FTC brought the charges — its first related to ObamaCare fraud — in January (Tummarello, 8/12).
The emails then directed recipients to websites containing advertisements for insurance companies, the FTC said. Those insurance companies paid the email spammers when people clicked on their ads.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technolog...pDR48RM5rpiiCq8w&_hsmi=13781968#ixzz3AKIQG5YZ
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http://thehill.com/policy/technolog...AysUs7orA_9FqqpDR48RM5rpiiCq8w&_hsmi=13781968
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