Facebook still displaying get-rich-quick scam ads

Another scam ad leading to the same siteDespite claims by Facebook that the get-rich-quick ads running on the social network site in February had been pulled out, Facebook members report that the ads still display on the social networking website’s members’ profile pages. A quick check today showed for example this ad, Make $500 Daily Online, which when clicked leads to a so-called “got green” website [...]

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  [...]