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Dan Balsam Emails-Anti-Spam-Crusader. This Man Is My Hero

Eight years ago Dan Balsam received one too many emails inviting him to take advantage of an offer to enlarge his breasts. The rest is history.

Dan launched a web site called danhatesspam.com, quit his job in marketing to go to law school and is now making a living suing the authors of emails offering miracle drugs, free sex and mail order brides.

Dan Balsam Anti-Spam Crusader
Dan Balsam, Anti-Spam Crusader

Spam now accounts for 90% of all email, upwards of 200 Billion emails a day, according to Cisco Systems Inc. That’s a lot of email. ” I feel like I’m doing my bit to clean up the internet” says Dan.

Starting in 2000 Dan used the small claims court system with considerable success. Six years later he was graduating from the University of California Hastings College Law School. By then, some of his cases were being heard in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was now taking on the big guys such as Valueclick Inc and AdultFriendFinder.com, the latter after they sent Dan four emails to four different accounts all with the same subject line: “Hello my name is Rebbecca and I love you”.

He has topped earnings of $1 million from lawsuits and settlements in spite of several counter-suits from companies fighting back. Dan says those who sue him are “retaliating” for lawsuits he filed against them. “I feel comfortable doing what I’m doing,” Balsam said of the lawsuits against him, “And I’m not going away.”

This man is my hero.


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6 responses to “Dan Balsam Emails-Anti-Spam-Crusader. This Man Is My Hero”

  1. Beatric Avatar
    Beatric

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    affiliate marketing forum

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    emt training

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    1. John Avatar

      Thank you, I appreciate the compliments! Glad to know that you found this post useful.

      1. christine Avatar

        Hi John!
        I just want to make you aware that the “compliment” from “emt training” is a bot spam. I was in the process of googling the phrase “Beneficial info and excellent design you got here! I want to thank you” to try and track him down from a spam I received, when I came across this ironic exchange in your post about ….spam!

        Thanks for my chuckle of the day. ;-P

        christine

        1. John Avatar

          Hi Christine,

          Thanks for the heads-up. I must agree — it’s hilarious!! I was going to delete it but I think I’ll just leave it there now . . sort of illustrates the article nicely, doesn’t it? Lol.

          Come to think of it, I think the two in front of that one are also a bit suspect . .

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