New porno spam scam
To promote its "Who's That Queer?" protest against the Navy's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay service members, the site sent out E-mail featuring the subject line "Steve Case (stevec@aol.com) has sent you an annoying postcard" and linking to an online "postcard" showing two naked men standing in a shower stall and a man clad in a military uniform standing nearby. The men's faces are hidden.
The "postcard" page claims to be "From: Steve Case (stevec@aol.com)" and shows the E-mail address of the person it was sent to. Clicking on the photo brings viewers to a page showing a photo of more naked and underwear-clad men, behind text that reads: "All the models in this shot are gay. The service member is a soldier in the U.S. military. Annoy.com does not name names of gay service members. Ever. For anyone."
Annoy.com says the E-mail was sent "to challenge the military by mocking its policy."
"We have published an image of a gay service member, who essentially violated the policy by letting us know he is gay," the Annoy.com site proclaims. "We have removed any identifying information, and challenge the military to try and guess who it is."
Last week, Naval sailor Timothy McVeigh (no relation to the convicted Oklahoma City bomber) filed suit against the Navy over his pending dismissal from the military. Naval officials said McVeigh violated Navy policy by referring to himself as gay in an anonymous AOL user profile.
The profile was linked to McVeigh, the Navy claims, after an AOL customer service representative divulged his full name, in violation of AOL policy. McVeigh's suspension has been put off while the legal hearing proceeds.
An AOL spokeswoman said the company had no plans to take any legal action against the prank.