Boy, we really love our V1@GRA and C1al1s, don't we? Prescription drugs and other medications are a whopping 41% of all spam for 2005 so far, according to internet security firm Sophos. Mortgages come in at a distant second (but first in our hearts, natch) at 11%. Adult content (9.5%), stock scams (8.5%) and product (8.3%) rounded out the top five. Sophos is most worried about the stock scams, or "pump-and-dump" schemes, which have been increasing 10% each month this year. That's one heck of a compound growth rate.
Prescription drugs run away with spam categories for 2005
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(Page 1)4. GRANDMA'S A DRUG SMUGGLER: The system and drug company profiteering has turned bingo-playing grandma into a drug smuggler. Watch an animated cartoon and rap song about grandma's situation at www.TodaysSpecial.org
Posted at 4:51AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Today's Special
1. I receive more than one hundred viagra spam a day.
Posted at 4:51AM on Dec 19th 2005 by john