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MySpace.com proves that spam does not pay, unless it is for damages to thousands of MySpace users.

<p>In a judgment by a court-appointed arbitrator, Scott Richter of Westminster, Colorado, must pay $4.8 million in damages and $1.2 million in legal fees for sending out more than 100 million spam messages daily to MySpace users during August 2006.&nbsp; While promoting a website called Consumerpromotionscenter.com, Richter used phished MySpace accounts to assail users and overwhelm an ill-equipped staff at MySpace to deal with such security problems.</p><p>Steven Richter, father of Scott Richter and president of Media Breakaway has agreed to the arbitration and &ldquo;plans to pay the money he awarded and not appeal it.&rdquo;</p><p>According to records, this is not the first time Richter has been accused of spamming and had judgments against him.&nbsp; In 2005, Richter other company had to pay Microsoft $7 million for similar charges.&nbsp; </p> <a href="http://www.gawkwire.com/business/spam_costs_colorado_man_6_million.html">http://www.gawkwire.com/business/spam_costs_colorado_man_6_million.html</a>