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AOL Launches $47K Porsche Raffle to Combat Email Spam Issue

Calendar Mar 30, 2004 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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email spam publicity stunt raffle event anti-spam initiative Porsche Boxster S
Just a cute story for those who hate spam. . . . As a nice publicity adjunct to its ongoing war against spam, AOL is holding a raffle to offload a $47,000 Porsche Boxster S which it seized last year as part of a settlement against an unnamed spammer.

The company says the car's original owner made over $1m by unleashing a 1bn email spam tsunami on its users and claims the motor has "symbolic value".