The organisation believes that people most likely to identify a spammer and provide evidence would be "whistleblowers" or insiders. It suggested that amateur cyber-sleuths would be unlikely to track down spammers.
But the FTC admitted that, even with high-dollar rewards, whistleblowers may be reluctant to come forward because they could end up facing legal liability themselves.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security company Sophos, said that, although a few US spammers have been convicted, these have done little to stem the tidal wave of unsolicited email.
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