What is a Murkogram?
A murkogram is a type of spam email that has a few distinctive features. Most spam can be labeled as unsolicited commercial email (UCE), since it attempts to sell you something without ever gaining your permission to contact you in the first place. The murkogram, though, is unique in that it also tries to convince you that UCE you receive is perfectly legal according to the law. The name murkogram is named after US Senator Frank Murkowski. In 1999, the US Senate was considering a bill called S. 1618. The bill was also called the Telephone Slamming Bill, and it mainly pertained to the business of companies charging long distance providers without explicit customer permission. Senator Murkowski decided to attach a section to S.1618 called Title III or the Inbox Privacy Act, which would require all UCE to include the name of the company, contact information like a telephone number, physical and email address, and instructions on how to remove your email address from receiving other emails
