Facts and figures about spam

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  [...]

World’s top 10 worst spammers

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. [...]