Landmark case says Perth man sent 56 million emails
A Perth man accused of being a spam king who has clogged global computers with 56 million nuisance emails a year could face multimillion-dollar penalties in the first court action taken under Australia's Spam Act.
The Australian Communications Authority launched proceedings yesterday in the Federal Court in Perth against Wayne Mansfield and his company Clarity1, which also uses the name Business Seminars.
The authority alleges Mansfield is a global spammer and because of the scale of his operation, is seeking an interim injunction against the company.
Complaints had been received from as far afield as Britain, said Bob Horton, the communications authority's acting chairman.
Mansfield and Business Seminars Australia were listed by the international anti-spam watchdog, Spamhaus, as allegedly being among the world's top 200 spammers, he said. The top 200 spammers produce 80 per cent of the world's spam.
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