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Sep 4, 2014

Emailer Fined $350K By The FTC For Scam Involving The ACA

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By Rahmah Sajid


The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) recently fined a company $350,000 because they illegally scammed unsuspecting consumers in regard to a deadline for The Affordable Care Act. The company, an email marketing company named Kobeni, Inc., mailed a message to consumers telling them that they needed to click a link immediately to avoid paying a fine for Obamacare because they had a deadline.

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The Spamhaus Register of Known Spam Operations has been keeping an eye on Yair Shalev and Kobeni Solutions for a while. Kobeni Solutions is considered as the second most active spammer in the world. Yair Shalev apparently partnered with another well-known spammer named Darrin Wohl. He is also the son-in-law of Dan Abramovich, another spammer monitored by the ROKSO.

The Federal Trade Commission fined Yair Shalev for failing to provide recipients with a link they could use to unsubscribe from the emails and also for failing to add a postal address to the emails. Kobeni Solutions was sending emails explaining that recipients should purchase health coverage. Recipients were encouraged to click on a link that would take them to a page filled with ads for insurance companies. Kobeni Solutions denied being aware of the scam but received money from the companies that benefited from the traffic.

Yair Shalev, described as a snowshoe spammer is known to have been involved in the past with partners such as ROKSO listed spammers Darrin Wohl and his son-in-law, Dan Abramovich. "Snowshoe" spam methods involve the spread of messages covering a wide range of IP domain names and addresses in order to avoid reputation systems and being block listed. Shalev and his company Kobeni Inc. are associated with more than a hundred domain names and IP addresses currently on the ROKSO Spamhaus block list.

Yair Shalev and his company, Kobeni Inc., (based in Hollywood, Florida) have been ordered to pay $350,000 in fines, even though they neither denied or admitted guilt in this matter. This suit was generated due to emails sent out during the initial stages of the Affordable Care Act. The email included a warning to consumers that would in violation o the law, unless they immediately clicked a link to enroll in an insurance plan.

One of the world's most notorious spam email firms get's smacked down by the Federal Trade Commission. A settlement has been reached today with the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) against one the world's most infamous spammers. The suit was filed over millions of deceiving emails that were sent to recipients within the US regarding the recent Affordable Care Act.




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