Canned Spammer: "The Godfather" Alan Ralsky locked up

Leaving a wake of over 12 years of criminal spamming and trillions of sent junk emails behind him, long time ROKSO-listed spammer Alan Ralsky is finally behind the walls of a US Federal Prison. After pleading guilty to multiple federal criminal charges, and after time extensions to "get his affairs in order", Ralsky reported to FCI Morgantown in north-central West Virginia on March 1st to start serving his 4-year, 3-month sentence.
The US Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator now shows a new record for him. This replaced a record from the last time he was extended the hospitality of the federal prison system back in the 1990's. This is great news as any spammer behind bars means a spammer not spamming. But before one starts dreaming that he'll be living in cell conditions similar to the portrayals in movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Midnight Express or Papillon, think again and read this "review" posted at the PrisonTalk blog:

"FCI morgantown seems really nice to me. Especially compared to a higher security place. It is like a beautiful college campus. They live in units (dorms) and go to classes, work, dinner, watch football together, play cards, softball, workout, lift, cook. My boyfriend is there and he's doing just fine. The visitation goes well. just follow their dress code and there are no problems. There are lots of couples, families, and kids."

Other posts echo this "country club" vision. Six years behind bars still may not cure Ralsky's chronic wish to spam, nor cure his over 20-years of criminal behavior, but it should cure his reported addiction to cigarettes as the prison handbook states "FCI Morgantown is a tobacco product free institution". This handbook is an interesting read.
Notes of encouragement to aid in his rehabilitation can be "snail mailed" (federal prisoners are not allowed email, sorry) to his new home address:

ALAN M RALSKY
Inmate Register # 19509-039
c/o Federal Correctional Institution Morgantown
P.O. Box 1000
Morgantown, West Virginia 26507

Spamhaus, on behalf of the world's internet email users, gives thanks to all involved. Big thank-you's to FBI Special Agent Tom Winterhalter, U.S. Attorney Terry Berg, AUSA Julie Beck, USPIS Postal Inspector Karl Hansen and IRS Special Agent Marta Jacks. Over the course of a three-year investigation and prosecution, the investigation & prosecution teams were able to identify and convict 9 domestic and international members of this spam & fraud conspiracy, including Ralsky and his associates.

source: http://www.spamhaus.org

Generate temporary email addresses to avoid spam

 We all suffer the plague of spam. Everyday, in our inboxes, we find dozens of messages selling little blue pills, announcing we’ve won fantastic prizes or offering the best deals in cutting-edge gadgets we’ve never seen before. A good way to stop spam from invading your inbox is to avoid using your real address, especially when you’re asked for it by a dodgy website that doesn’t seem trustworthy at all. For those cases, you can create an alternative email address, or simply use one of these disposable email services. They let you create personal temporary emails that work perfectly fine but only exist for a few minutes - or that you only need to use once.

• GuerrillaMail
  This service provides you with disposable email addresses that expire in 60 minutes. You can read and reply to any email messages you receive in this temporary email inbox within that time frame.  GuerrillaMail lets you create a custom address, but can also generate a random one.

• Dispostable
  With a clean, minimalist interface, Dispostable creates random email addresses and also lets you pick a custom name if you want. You can create as many addresses as you need (they’ll be listed on a right-side pane) and check their inboxes online. There’s no information about how long they last.

• 10 Minute Mail
  This website generates a temporary random email address as soon as you open it on your browser. Addresses expire in 10 minutes, though you can extend this period by clicking the 10 more minutes link. The inbox can be checked on that same page.

• MailCatch
  Create temporary disposable email addresses on the spot. Any word (either a custom name or a random character combination created by the system) followed by the mailcatch domain name will work as a valid email inbox. You can check your inbox online and even subscribe to its RSS feed.

• Mailinator
  This temporary email system is a bit different. Disposable accounts are created the moment you send an email to them. You can then check your inbox online on the Mailinator website. Bear in mind though that all messages sent to Mailinator are public.

Investment

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From:

"DONLD"

Add sender to Contacts

To:

undisclosed-recipients

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How I will introduce you/your company to the holding bank and make you
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you for your assistance.

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Email Spammer

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Monday, March 29, 2010 4:53 AM

From:

"Eircom Entertainment Lottery"

Add sender to Contacts

To:

undisclosed-recipients
Eircom Lottery Compnay.
#46 Kempshott Road,
London, SW16 5LQ
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL /265104690937/05
Batch: 20/0019/IZP0
Winning number:PL/090888/69

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This program is aimed to encourage you to patronize our products(Eircom
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ticket numbers

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yourself to the claims processing manager for verification and direction. Do
contact the processing manager with the below contact information;

Mr.Greg Nelson
Eircom Corporation Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept.
eircom1.entertainment@w.cn

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5. STATE...........................................
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7. SEX.............................................
8.Prize award disbursement options;Bank to Bank Transfer(wire
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You are to choose from the above option of prize disbursement that suits
you most



On behalf of the entire management and staff we say Congratulations once
again!.

Mrs Suzan Patrick

You Won £500,000

Email Spammer

[ No Subject ]

Monday, March 29, 2010 6:53 PM

From:"You Won £500,000 Email (verification201@w.cn)"

To:undisclosed-recipients
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Batch: 12/25/0340

Make sure you reply to this Email verification201@w.cn to claim your prize

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Beware from this email!

what's wrong?
1. at from: >what? it's from facebook?
2. at to: >not my email address...
3: i don't have account on facebook from this email address
4. not my name

but this message come true to my inbox... why? hi all, please take note...