on the consumer watch, julie watts introduces us to a lawyer who is taking spammers to court and winning. >> try this pill. it will make you bigger. >> you have $20,000 waiting for you. >> everybody hates spam. >> i get hundreds or thousands of spams every week. >> but for daniel that spam translates to hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> probably 75 or more since i started in 2002. >> reporter: that's when he quit his job in e-mail marketing to pursue a law degree in hopes to stop spammers once and for all. >> women who get grow a bigger penis, men that get grow bigger breasts it is spam. >> reporter: he has been successful. in addition to 42 small claim victories he believes his winning spam case was the first in california to ever go to try. an appeal is pending. while many call him the ultimate spam blocker, others

and he says that the most difficult part of his job is actually tracking down the spammers. website danhatesspam.com helps you do just that. so we put a link on our website to his website. just click on consumer at cbs5.com. >>> the stanford women go for their 51st straight win at maims pavilion and the cardinal men take on... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, across the bay >>> three raiders are headed to the pro bowl. across the bay justin smith and patrick willis will represent the niners in honolulu. michael vick may have wished they canceled the game all together getting sacked six times an commits three turnover senior. taking the fumble 45 yards for a touchdown. vikings knock off the eagles 24-14 and that means that the bears are in a first round bye. >>> the stanford women blew out xavier 9-52 for their 51st straight home win. 23 points, 11 rebounds. taking on uconn on thursday. >>> stanford and yale. cardinals held yale to just 17 points in the second half. josh owens with a big putback. stanford wins 60-44. opening up pac-10 play sunday against cal. >>> warriors sent a fan favorite

. >>> on the consumer watch, julie watts introduces us to a lawyer who is taking spammers to court and winning. >> you know, try this pill. >> you have $20,000 waiting for you and you immediate to give us the information. >> everybody hates spam. >> i get hundreds or thousands of spaniels every week. >> but for daniel, that spam runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> i have sued probably 75 or more since i started in 2002. >> that's when he quit his job to pursue a law degree in hopes of stopping spammers once and for all. >> targeted marketing is one thing -- >> but women who get grow a bigger big penis and then men for bigger breasts. >> he believes the win spam case was the first in california to go to a trial. and an appeal is pending. and mail wean -- while many call him the ultimate spam blocker, many others have a different name. >> spam ambulance chaser has been used. >> there is a handful of companies he has used. >> spam is not illegal. the united states commerce made determination unsolicited e-mail is protected by the first amenity. >> as long as it is truthful and

. >>> a man gets the ultimate revenge on spammers. we'll have that in two minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, able to log on the internet >>> we're moving on to the next step in making the whole worl wi-fi. soon you will be able to log on the internet while watching the boats on san francisco's waterfront. at&t says it's part of the plan to move beyond hotels and coffee shops into public spaces. besides the embarcadero, they say they will add wi-fi across the country all the way to times square. >>> speaking of the internet, we all hate spam. but one san francisco man is actually making a living off of it. on the consumerwatch, julie watts introduces us to a lawyer who is taking spammers to court and he is actually winning. >> reporter: he is and making a living at it. in any given day it's estimated there are 200 billion spam messages going out to e-mails around the world and most of them promise cheap drugs, free sex, too good-to-be true offers. now one san francisco man is fighting back but get this not everybody is on his side. >> you know, t

the spammers take advantage of the technology. that's why the women grow some body parts bigger and the men grow some bigger and it's free to send. >>> it targets out of the state companies that would rather bay e pay a settlement than bother fighting in court. the spam accounts for 90% of all e-mails. >>> a poll said president obama is the most admired man in the u.s. 22% of americans picked the president in the gallop poll. it's the third year in a row he won the honor. he is followed by george w. bush and bill clinton. the most admired woman is secretary of state hillary clinton. >> retail sales numbers are robust to the tune of $36 billion nationwide. that should boost consumer confidence numbers for the month due up in about a half hour. all indications point to a healthy december for the holiday dollar. they predict the best christmas in years and hope for a boost in sales and that that will spill over into 2011. the big question is if spending translates into jobs for the unemployed. >> we are starting to see openings in th

a san francisco man quit his job to take up the fight against e-mail spammers.a story we told you about earlier this week. he is a graduate of the university of california's college of law. the operator of the website dan hates spam.com. he specializes in taking scammers to small claims court why where they pay a judgment or settle out of court. so far he earned $1 million and cleaned up a bit of the web at the same time. >> i love e-mail marking when it's done correctly. the spammers take advantage of the technology and that's why the women get some body parts bigger and the scammers don't care. it's free to send. >> they're accuse him of defining the settlement. they have spam accounts for 90% of all e-mail. >> it is 5:25 and a look at the company that is helping moms combining going green with what's best for the kids. the president is enjoying his vacation in hawaii, but didn't stop him from taking care of a little business. why he called the owner of the eagles and said the nation could learn from the team. >> per how jerry brown plans to cell brit his swea

the data on those hard drives and disks can be collected by identity thieves and spammers. >> at lost of the spam we get is allowing the data to go o verseas. materials are reused here in the united states. >> san francisco residents are being urged to recycle their christmas trees instead of t ossing them into the, interest. the city's department of the environment kicked off its 24th annual curbside tree recycling program today. the trees will be picked up and turned into mulch before b eing -- this is part of a l arger effort operated by the recreation and parks d. >> we encourage all san franciscans to participate in this program. it creates a -- it gets us closer to our zero waste goal. >> the curbside tree pickup formally begins january 3rd and runs through the 14th. be sure to remove all decorations and take the tree off its stand. >>> on to the weather because another storm is on the way. and bill martin is tracking it. what are we looking at, bill? >> more rain on the way. it's seplam to -- similar to what we saw on saturday. >> we're looking for a good doze of win and rain a

the person behind the virus sells data to spammers on the black market. >> the sole purpose is to steal credit card numbers, log ins, passwords and credit card information. >> this is where your personal info like date of birth and social security end up for anyone to buy. another huge problem is hackers breaking into your bank account unnoticed. they send an e-mail asking for your password and security question. >> in reality it's the virus asking for information to be able to initiate a wire transfer. >> they receive about 1,000 complaints a day. >> they set up the website for you to file complaints if you feel scammers targeted you. >> once they get enough and build a case, they forward it to the appropriate law enforcement. >> online cases can be hard to prosecute. they must gather as much evidence to build a stronger case. >> a lot of scams originate in eastern europe and china and it grows at high speed as more and more get high speed internet. the best way to protect yourself and your computer includes changing your password every three months or so. avoid online banking from the

we didn't want to have a main registry of numbers because we thought that could be harvested by spammers and spy ware. we also thought that the technology was just about there or is about to be there for the ability to block third party tracking from consumers. we thought it could be done voluntarily through the browsers, and so we're bringing on a wonderful, tony, you probably know this, a technology gist named ed falton, and he has not started full time yet, but was very, very involved in thinking of the do not track registry and reviews the report and that's been helpful for us. >> our guest is on, and we're talking about the prelim they're staff report on online privacy. tony romm from the "politico" is our guest questioner. >> this puts consumers in a position where they could not access sites they wanted if this is enabled. consumers have to register, put an e-mail in and pass word, but if they had do not track enabled, they couldn't view the site they enjoy. is that realistic? >> well, i have heard some of this, and the role that, again, i mean, we want to empower companies to do

the behind behind the virus sells the date to spammers on the black market. >> steal credit card numbers, log-in and pass words and bank account numbers. >> reporter: this is where your personal info like date of birth and social security number all end up for anyone to buy. another huge problem, online banking. hackers breaking into your bank account unnoticed. they send you a e-mail reporting a problem, asking for your e-mail and security questions. >> when reality it's the virus asking for additional information to initiate a wire transfer. >> reporter: they're receiving about a thousand complaints a day at ic 3. >> reporter: the fbi set up this ic 3 specifically for complaints if you feel scammers have targeted you. >> once they get enough and build a case that. >> refer 80 to the appropriate law enforcement. >> reporter: but online cases can be hard to prosecute. so investigators must gather as much evidence as possible to build a stronger case. right now much of the scams originate in eastern europe and russia and china. and they gather more speed as the countries get high speed in

is hunting a young russian spammer who is thought to be behind the third of the world don't you know his network is apparently the biggest thing out billions of messages a day details of. a quick update now and some other world headlines. emotional service held in new zealand for the twenty nine miners last following a series of underground explosions at a coal mine more than ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister time to the open a more grey mouth on the south park rescue teams have been unable to recover the victims' bodies as conditions are still deemed too hazardous disaster is the country's worst mining accident in over a century. fifteen people have died in europe as a result of a cold snap that schools and havoc across the continent are fourth day of heavy snowfall forced major airports to close when train service is to a standstill britain has so far the worst affected simpering through its coldest start december on record insurance companies in the u.k. estimates the big freeze is costing the local economy up to one point nine billion dollars a day whic

is hunting a young russian spammer who is thought to be behind the good of the world junk e-mail network is apparently the biggest pumping out billions of messages a day the details are. now when you think of the middle east issues such as conflicts around the oil spring to mind where now a growing number of young arab musicians are trying to present an alternative picture of their that party's policies there as well. very young very vibrant and they taking the world by storm. we wanted to do alternative rock but in arabic. there's a new arab league of rap stars i would musicians making waves on the hip hop scene they share the same beat and can mobilize millions of foot soldiers young fans around the world to follow the music and their message. with peace because we experienced three wars in our lifetime and that experience really bad this is really missed something called peace. you have no choice and if we do politicians well to take a note from the lyrics these are natural politicians whose musical bodies the sport of diplomacy. culture shock was the first ever all palestinian rock b

and you have guy who is hunting a young russian spammer installed to be behind a third of the world's junk e-mails his network is apparently the biggest pumping out billions of messages a day and the details head to our team dot com. let's take a look now at some international news in brief for you this hour and emotional service has held in new zealand for the twenty nine miners last following a series of underground explosions at a coal mine more than ten thousand mourners including the country's prime minister attended the open air memorial in the south island rescue teams have been unable to recover the victims' bodies as conditions are still deemed too houser this disaster is the country's worst mining accident in over a century. fifteen people have died in europe as a result of a cold snap that's causing havoc across the continent a fourth day of heavy snowfall also forced major airports to close and brought many train services to a standstill britain have so far been one of the worst affected shivering through its coldest start to december on record insurance companies in the u

we didn't want to have a main registry of numbers because we thought that could be harvested by spammers and spyware malefactors. we also thought that the technology was just about there or is about to be there for the ability to block third party tracking from consumers. we thought it could be done voluntarily and done through the browsers. and so we're bringing on a wonderful, tony, you probably know this, technologist named ed felton. he's a princeton engineering consultant to be our chief technologiologist. he was very, very involved in thinking through the do not track registry and in reviewing the whole privacy report. >> host: this is c-span's "communicators" program, our guest is jon leibowitz of the federal trade commission. we're talking about the preliminary staff report on online privacy. tony romm of "the politico" is our guest reporter. next question. >> host: sure. one of the things i've heard from people is do not track would put consumers in position where they couldn't access sites if it was enabled. just like consumers have to register to access content, if they had do

pollution and where the data on those hard drives and disks can be collected by identity thieves 0 spammers. >> a lot of the spam we get today is because people have allowed their data to end up overseas. >> reporter: they guarantee all information is destroyed and the metals and materials are reduced in the -- are reused in the state. tag art has this station for people considering recycling their electronics. >> if they are persist ent in asking what happens to their material, they can help assure it gets handled properly. >> reporter: we're back live. the consumer electronics says the average american home has 25 electronic devices. there are safe ways to dispose of these unwanted devices. for more go to our website, k tvu.com. click on web links. reporting live in santa clara, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 n ews. >>> the whole foods grocery store chain is recalling gingerbread houses because of contamination. the store says that ginger bread may have packages that can cause food poisoning. the ginger bread was sold in 23 states but not here in california. >>> coming up next at 6:00, a num

the sneaky way spammers hiked the account. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. we have a new spinout in oakland northbound 880 approaching market streetcar facing the wrong way in the center divide. we will have much more on this wet and busy start to our morning commute coming up in just a few moments. >>> thank you. 6257. if you have been getting a lot of spam on twitter you're not alone. you may have been hacked. the company says hackers broke into an unknown number of accounts and sent spam promoting acai berr drink. the hacker came from another site and people who use the same password for other sites were vulnerable. >>> the king of pop is back in stores. that's right. >> the first posthumous records of never before released michael jackson songs comes out today. "michael" teaches 10 tracks jackson left behind in various stages of completion. some songs go back to the early '80s. so far early reviews, not thrilling. >> california trying to get more of the jack southern estate. $131,000 to be exact from the jackson estate. they have slapped it with a huge t

as my colleagues that it's our constitutional responsibility of spammers of the united states senate to approve or not approve the treaty. and to get his fair treatment and to come to place we can support the treaty i think every member of our conference wants to be in a position where they can support the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. i'm so thankful for the work that's been done by senator kyl to make this treaty better. but i have a lot of concern, being on the armed services committee having a guide would this treaty, i have concerns about verification, i have concerns about the missile defense portion of this. and i have a huge concerned about tactical nuclear weapons not being a part of this treaty. especially in light of the fact that the russians have a 10 to one advantage honest on tactical nuclear weapons. so we're going to have an honest and earnest debate about this, and give it a treatment it deserves, it's going to take a couple of weeks. we are going to need to offer a minutes to get members of the senate comfortable and approving this treaty. if we can do that, fine, but there's