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Facts and figures about spam
03.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Research companies estimate that spam email accounts for about 73% of global emails. This is equivalent to 23.5 billion emails of the estimated minimum 32.5 billion emails sent per day.
The most common type of spam is advertising-related accounting for roughly 36% of all spam messages. This is followed by adult-related in subject (31.7%) and finance-related […]
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Be in a friend’s mailing list and be a spammer’s delight
03.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

No, I don’t refer to joining mailing lists where the email message is customized to reflect the recipient’s identity or the email message is addressed to an aliased egroup.
I refer to being in a mailing list of someone, supposedly a friend, who appears to get a kick out of showing that s/he knows many people by […]
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World’s top 10 worst spammers
03.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Here’s the world’s top 10 worst spammers as at 17 March 2008:
1. Leo Kuvayev / BadCow (Russian Federation)
Russian/American spammer. Does “OEM CD” pirated software spam, copy-cat pharmaceuticals, porn spam, porn payment collection, etc. Spams using virus-created botnets and seems to be involved in virus distribution. Partnered with Vlad - aka “Mr. Green”
2. Alex Blood / […]

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