Spammers Shrivel Up

Internet con artists peddling penis enlargement pills through the torrents of email spam that flood computers across the world are suddenly running scared.

According to a US report, the assets of C.P.Direct, one of the biggest internet spam operators, have been seized and will be distributed to victims.

C.P.Direct is reported to have fleeced at least $US74 million from the gullible seeking larger penises, bigger breasts and hairier heads.

According to a report on MSNBC.com, the US internet news portal, Arizona's Attorney-General has ordered seizure of the firm's assets, including 13 luxury homes and property valued at $US20 million, a fleet of expensive cars, and tens of millions of dollars in cash.

Documents showed that 90per cent of $74 million taken over two years came from sales of a penis-enlargement pill called Longitude.

Users were warned to stop taking Longitude after reaching nine inches in length - "to avoid discomforting sexual partners." In fact the pills appear to have been mainly chalk with some sugar.

Other products advertised by C.PO.Direct included Full and Firm, claimed to be "an implant in a bottle" that would increase breast size, Follicure to grow hair and Stature, a pill claimed to increase the height of its users by up to eight centimetres.