Section 100. Any subscriber or listing service who violates any provision of sections ninety-six to ninety-eight, inclusive, or who shall counsel, aid or abet such violations, shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for each such violation, and other penalties as authorized pursuant to section four of chapter ninety-three A. The attorney general may file a civil action in the superior or district court in the name of the commonwealth to recover such penalties.