Tim Blair

THERE'S big money in spam:

THERE'S big money in spam:

The US Federal Trade Commission is taking a spam operation to court, alleging that it flooded email accounts with pornographic material disguised behind bland subject lines like "new movie info" and "wanna hear a joke?".

In the complaint filed Tuesday, the FTC accused Brian D. Westby, of Ballwin, of sending millions of emails to drive business to more than 20 adult websites centered on one called "Married But Lonely." Mr Westby earned more than $US1 million in commissions from this spam, the FTC said.