Spam Turns the Big 3-0

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April, 1994: First Commercial Spam Business

Taking Thuerk's success one step further, immigration attorneys Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel, a husband and wife lawyer team, were credited with developing the first massive commercial Usenet spam business advertising their Green Card services, as well as creating the first spamming tools. The duo solicited business by enrolling thousands of clients in a Green Card lottery.

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