Dutch begins their anti-SPAM drive with fines

While America finds itself at the top of the list for the countries that sends out most SPAM mails in the world, Dutch have taken some steps to control SPAM in their country. Netherlands authorities issued their first series of fines on people who send SPAM mails from their jurisdiction. Dutch telecom regulator OPTA who are responsible for taking steps to regulate SPAM issued fines to three separate individuals.

These mark the beginning of the initiative after the government decided to take hard actions against the spammers in May. An OPTA spokesperson told media: “We have been collecting complaints about spam on a special spam Web site since May. Now we’re going after major spammers in this country, and these are the first results.”

The largest fine of the three is around USD 58000 on an individual who was found guilty of sending SPAM mails in 4 separate rounds. The other two fine amounts were close to USD 34000 and USD 27000. The second of this case was related to a party, which sent spams through SMS messages.

The organization however admits that they are helpless in the cases where SPAM mails are originating from outside the country. They aim to collaborate with similar authorities in the European Union to control this global problem.