“Three websites that spotlighted a Massachusetts spammer’s bizarre quest for time-travel technology have been hit with an avalanche of what appear to be retaliatory messages. …While spammers commonly forge bogus ‘from’ lines in their ads to avoid detection, the choice of the victim sites appears to be malicious. All three recently published hyperlinks to an August report by Wired News that revealed Robert ‘Robby’ Todino of Woburn as the source of millions of bulk e-mails since 2001 seeking far-fetched devices such as a dimensional warp generator.

The spam that generated all the recent trouble appears to be connected to Todino. The messages, which bore subject lines such as ‘Stop Spam in Its Tracks’ or ‘Say Goodbye to Junk Email,’ advertised a website, Quickeasysolution.com, as the source of an antispam software program.

According to domain-registration records (registration required), John Miller of 4 Oak Street in Woburn, Massachusetts, registered Quickeasysolution.com on Oct. 12. Messages left on the voicemail of the mobile-phone number listed in the record were not returned.

Domain registrations for several sites previously operated by Todino listed the same fictitious street address.” —Wired News