May 27, 2011

Spamalytics: the stuff that clogs your inbox

Some computer scientists have been studying spam emails and have learned:
95 percent of the credit card transactions for the spam-advertised drugs and herbal remedies they bought were handled by just three financial companies — one based in Azerbaijan, one in Denmark and one in Nevis, in the West Indies.
A single commercial spam e-mail campaign generated three messages for every person on the

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