AOL Gives Away Porsche Seized From Spammer

"America Online on Tuesday unveiled a sweepstakes to tout its success in fighting spam: the Dulles, Va.-based Internet provider will give away a Porsche seized from a spammer.

The two-door 2002 Porsche Boxster S Cabriolet was confiscated from a spammer as a result of one of the five lawsuits filed by America Online (AOL) in April 2003 against spammers identified by its subscribers using the service's "Report Spam" feature, the company said."


A small victory in the fight against spam.

[Jason]

I hate spammers and spam as much as most e-mail users out there but I don't like the idea of a company being able to confiscate property unless its part of a settlement agreement. I'd rather see a penalty payment. This seems like a bit too much of the AOL marketing machine at work to me.