Fraud and related activity in connection with electronic mail
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(a)In General.—Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly—
(1)
accesses a protected computer without authorization, and intentionally initiates the transmission of multiple commercial electronic mail messages from or through such computer,
(2)
uses a protected computer to relay or retransmit multiple commercial electronic mail messages, with the intent to deceive or mislead recipients, or any Internet access service, as to the origin of such messages,
(3)
materially falsifies header information in multiple commercial electronic mail messages and intentionally initiates the transmission of such messages,
(4)
registers, using information that materially falsifies the identity of the actual registrant, for five or more electronic mail accounts or online user accounts or two or more domain names, and intentionally initiates the transmission of multiple commercial electronic mail messages from any combination of such accounts or domain names, or