This is a list of individuals and organizations noteworthy for engaging in bulk electronic spamming, either on their own behalf or on behalf of others. It is not a list of all spammers, only those whose actions have attracted substantial independent attention.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

• Shane Atkinson^[1]
• Canter & Siegel^[2]
• Richard Colbert^[3]
• David D'Amato^[4]
• Eddie Davidson^[5]
• Peter Francis-Macrae^[6]
• Brian Haberstroh^[7]
• Davis Wolfgang Hawke^[8]
• Hipcrime^[9]
• JDO Media^[10]
• Vardan Kushnir^[11]
• Wayne Mansfield^[12]
• Alan Ralsky^[13]
• Dave Rhodes^[14]
• Scott Richter^[15]
• Russian Business Network^[16]
• Christopher "Rizler" Smith^[17]
• Robert Alan Soloway^[18]
• Vitakan Fergusan Sriranganathan (Herbal King)^[19]
• Gary Thuerk^[20]
• Greg Tseng^[21]
• Sanford Wallace^[22]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Spammers hit below men's belts". The New Zealand Herald. August 15, 2003. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=3518097. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
2. ^ "Battle for the Soul of the Internet". Time. March 18, 2005. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981132,00.html. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
3. ^ Hitt, Jack (September 28, 2003). "Confessions of a Spam King". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E0D71E3AF93BA1575AC0A9659C8B63. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
4. ^ Brian McWilliams (2004). Spam Kings: The Real Story behind the High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills, and %*@)# Enlargements. O'Reilly. ISBN 9780596007324. 
5. ^ "Escaped 'Spam King' murders family". Associated Press. July 28, 2008. http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/escaped-spam-king-murders-family/2008/07/28/1217097105110.html. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
6. ^ "Spammer jailed for £1.6m net scam". BBC News. 16 November 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/4442772.stm. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
7. ^ Bray, Hiawatha (April 26, 2004). "If it looks -- and annoys -- like spam". Boston.com. http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/04/26/if_it_looks____and_annoys____like_spam/. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
8. ^ "AOL v. Davis Wolfgang Hawke, et al.". AOL. 2004. http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dljunk/hawke.html. Retrieved August 18, 2008. 
9. ^ Leonard, Andrew: "Bots: The Origin of New Species", Chapter 8. Hardwired, 1997
10. ^ Hundley, Kris (March 16, 2004). "Spam wars hit home on quiet Ocala street". The St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/16/Business/Spam_wars_hit_home_on.shtml. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
11. ^ Looy, Mark (March 2, 2006). "The Sleazy Life and Nasty Death of Russia’s Spam King". Wired. http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/spamking.html. Retrieved July 19, 2009. 
12. ^ [2006] FCA 410
13. ^ "Detroit Spammer and Four Co-Conspirators Plead Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar E-Mail Stock Fraud Scheme". United States Department of Justice. June 22, 2009. http://detroit.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/de062209.htm. Retrieved June 25, 2009. 
14. ^ "DAVE RHODES". http://www.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Chain_letters/?f=chain_letter.article. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
15. ^ "Open Letter from Brad Smith, Microsoft General Counsel". August 9, 2005. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/aug05/08-09BradSmithLetter.mspx. Retrieved November 25, 2009. 
16. ^ Krebs, Brian (October 13, 2009). "Shadowy Russian Firm Seen as Conduit for Cybercrime". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202461.html. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
17. ^ "Feds: Spamming made millions for dropout". Associated Press. September 12, 2005. http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/12/Technology/Feds__Spamming_made_m.shtml. Retrieved July 18, 2009. 
18. ^ "US Internet 'Spam King' arrested". The Times of India. May 31, 2007. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/The_United_States/US_Internet_Spam_King__Robert_Soloway_arrested/articleshow/2087913.cms. Retrieved May 31, 2007. 
19. ^ "Legal success against notorious spammers". Virus Bulletin. December 01, 2009. http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2009/12_01.xml. Retrieved December 14, 2009. 
20. ^ Claburn, Thomas (May 2, 2008). "Spam Turns 30 And Never Looked Healthier". http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207500296. Retrieved November 7, 2009. 
21. ^ "FTC Slams Spammer in Pocketbook". Ftc.gov. 2007-06-25. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/03/freeflixtix.shtm. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
22. ^ Scoblionkov, Deborah (January 22, 1998). "Life In Spamalot". Philadelphia City Paper. http://www.citypaper.net/articles/012298/hr1.shtml. Retrieved October 30, 2009.