| Why are people reluctant to report spam to the | | | | action against these abusers and they will eventually |
| abuse departments of well-known e-mail and hosting | | | | only attract the criminals, effectively making them |
| service providers? Many people don't know that such | | | | accomplices to these criminal activities. I believe most |
| departments exist and other are fed up with the | | | | world-class companies will stare bankruptcy in the |
| ignorant approach of these departments towards | | | | face if they terminate the accounts of all the |
| reports from the public. What's the use of an abuse | | | | spammers and unethical companies making use, or I |
| department if it doesn't do anything about the | | | | should rather say, abusing their services. |
| problems and abuse reported to it? But it is not only | | | | Money is also the stumbling block for collaboration |
| members of the public who experience these | | | | between cyber crime fighters. A web site owner will |
| frustrations, anti-cyber-crime organisations have the | | | | not want to refer visitors to a partner's web site |
| same problem. These abuse departments eventually | | | | without getting something in return. This is |
| decide whether it is necessary to suspend the | | | | understandable to some extent because many |
| services of the guilty party or not, no matter how | | | | anti-cyber-crime organisations provide their services |
| much evidence you provide to support your claim. | | | | free of charge and generate revenue mainly through |
| It revolves all around money, even the free services | | | | advertisements. Without visitors they cannot make |
| generate revenue for these companies. Free web | | | | money from the ads displayed on their site. But is |
| site hosting normally involves adds of the hosting | | | | this enough reason to refuse a helping hand from a |
| company displayed on the web site. Web sites | | | | partner? A united force is much stronger than a |
| involved in spamming activities bring in a lot of visitors | | | | divided force. The scammers love the fact that law |
| which means the ads of the hosting company also | | | | enforcement agencies are not working together with |
| gets exposure. Why would they want to terminate a | | | | anti-cyber-crime organisations to battle cyber crime. |
| web site that brings them a lot of revenue? This | | | | Spammers love it when e-mail and hosting service |
| means that they are not enforcing their own terms | | | | providers do not respond to the reports from |
| of service, or you can even say their terms of | | | | anti-cyber-crime organisations and complaints from |
| service are only applicable to those who abuse the | | | | the public. Cyber criminals are laughing out loud at the |
| services without generating any revenue for the | | | | divided force against cyber crime, battling to keep |
| company. The problem becomes even worse when | | | | their heads above the flood of spam and scams |
| the abusing party pays for the services. Why would | | | | reported to them on a daily basis. |
| they want to cancel the account of a loyal client, it | | | | The cyber criminals are constantly one step ahead of |
| means revenue loss for them? What these | | | | cyber law enforcement, it is time we turn the tides |
| companies don't understand is that they are making | | | | and stand united against cyber crime. |
| themselves less popular by being so reluctant to take | | | | |