Thursday, 11th August 2005 (4045 views)

AOL has launched the ' AOL Spammer's Gold Sweepstakes' in which users stand to win $100,000's worth of gold bars and cash in addition to a Hummer sports-utility vehicle.

The 33 gold bars weigh one ounce each and nine gold coins are also up for grabs in a draw that sees a spammer's possession being redistributed to AOL users.

The 'spam artists' were caught with the help of AOL users and AOL recently secured a $13 million payout against the other spammers.

In a drive to increase security awareness, AOL users can enter the draw by answering internet protection questions.

Spam is a major problem for many internet providers but AOL has announced that its spam levels have reduced by 85 per cent.

The most well-known type of gold bars are the widely traded 'London Good Delivery Bars', which weigh 400 troy ounces, or 12.5kg, rather more than those in the AOL sweepstake.



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