Computer wiz hackers spammers how do you get a message out?

Answer 1

Most spammers utilize very illegal means to broadcast their messages. They usually use bot networks - groups of machines they have compromised and turned into "Zombies" - to launch their massive email barrages. There are several reasons for doing this:

1) since spamming is illegal in many areas, they try to insulate themselves from being identified as the source of the spam

2) Even where spamming is not explicitly illegal, the crap they are hawking often is - either outright or because it is fraudulent. Consequently, it is valuable to them to make it hard to identify the source of the spam.

3) By using someone else's computer to send the spam, they insulate themselves from retribution from those they are spamming

4) They don't have to actually buy the hardware, they can just steal it (or at least the use of it) by hacking it and installing their software on it without the owner's permission. "Owning" a machine in this way is just a slang term meaning that they have control of it - they certainly don't own it from a legal standpoint.

The details of how they compromise other people's machines and set up bot networks will not be presented on this website - which has a policy of not aiding and abetting criminal activities.