...illegal international spamming operation that sold phony "pump and dump" stocks. Ç The elaborate scheme entailed widespreadspam blasts that enticed users by telling them that prices for lightly traded Chinese penny stocks were about to soar...
http://www.crn.com/security/218100991?cid=VARBusinessFeed
...including news sites -- for years. In 2006, a widespreadspam campaign impersonated the BBC Web site, promising...timely bulletins. Such services are threatened by the widespreadspam campaigns, which inevitably prompt IT departments...
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/08/msnbc-cnn-hit-b.html