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Where Did All the Spam Go?

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Posted on Jan 6, 2011
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The people who keep track of these things report that global spam traffic dropped from 200 billion messages in August to just 50 billion in December. Unfortunately it appears that the spammers may have decided to pause their activity before a relaunch. Which is just as well because we’re running low on Canadian Viagra.  —PZS

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One possible explanation is that the spammers are simply regrouping ahead of a new campaign.

Spammers are driven entirely by profit, said Carl Leonard, a researcher at security firm Websense.

“So if a campaign is not getting the returns they want, they can stop, regroup and try something else,” he said.

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By rico, suave, January 6, 2011 at 6:19 pm Link to this comment

skulz:

NOT THAT I NEED IT…

I’ll trade some Canadian Viagra for $5 million in Burkina Fasolians. Deal?

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By skulz fontaine, January 6, 2011 at 5:30 pm Link to this comment

“Which is just as well because we’re running low on Canadian Viagra.”
Okay Truthdig, where is it? You know, Canadian Viagra. How you getting it? Does
HomelandSecurity/DEA know about this? Can just any Amerikan get that Canadian
Viagra OR, does one gots to be “hooked up” like Truthdig?
Come on guys, share-sies…

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By rico, suave, January 6, 2011 at 5:15 pm Link to this comment

I’ll tell ya where- it’s coming to me! I get three emails a day from Burkina Faso or Nigeria urging me to take my 40% share of some dead guy’s $10 million estate. I’ve also won some Microsoft prize of $5 million, and some Irish lottery. Don’t know what I’m going to do with all the money. Maybe invest in a better spam filter.

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