Wow. From now on, when anyone asks me why I can’t do more to track down spammers, I’ll show them this article

Spam Hunter - Forbes.com

He started to obsess about who could produce such a spam onslaught without being detected. Then he dug a little, then more, then even more. So began the strangest and most frustrating year of Peterson’s 39-year-long life. In the course of his spam hunt he broke several laws, engaged the help of shadowy hackers, hid months of activity from his wife and boss, neglected work and ended up losing half his annual bonus. He contacted 20 agents in nine government agencies in the U.S., China and India but failed to engage any of them in a serious quest for the culprits.