Russian Spammer Murdered

Russia's most prolific spammer, Vardan Kushnir has been found dead in his apartment.

He sent so much junk email that at one point Russia's communication minister had taken to bombarding his phone with an automated dialer.

While I can't honestly take joy in his untimely death, the grave misfortune of someone who is responsible for clogging many a anti-spam mail program, doesn't exactly bring a tear to my eye.

Initial speculation was that the death was mob related or maybe the act of an anti-spam vigilante. This now appears to not be the case.

He had apparently left a night club the prior night with three women and headed back to his apartment. Later in the evening, accomplices of the women ransacked his apartment and killed him. At this point there is not evidence of organized crime or a renegade spambuster.

This confirms that bad things also happen to bad people for no apparent reason.

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