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Published on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
CHICAGO - E-mail inboxes may be clogged with a little less spam - at least for a while.
Authorities said Tuesday that they have shut down one of the largest spam operations in the world, a vast network involving countries from New Zealand to China and the United States.
The spammers sent out billions of e-mails in recent years encouraging people to click through to Web sites that allegedly used false claims to peddle prescription drugs, as well as "male enhancement" and weight-loss pills.
The Federal Trade Commission received more than 3 million complaints about the spam and related Web sites, illustrating the scale of the operation, officials said.
The sites, including one called "Canadian Healthcare," were difficult to distinguish from legitimate online pharmacies - making the pitches more persuasive, said Steve Baker, the FTC's Midwest Region director.
"These sites are really professionally constructed," he said
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