SpamIQ: Fake Newsletters Account for More than 25% of this Week's Spam

The volume of phony newsletters outpaced fraud, adult content and other types of email spam last week, according to Maislhell SpamIQ.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 1, 2009 -- Twenty-eight percent of email spam sent last week was phony newsletters designed to look like legitimate bulk email, according to worldwide spam patterns tracked by SpamIQ, Mailshell's global spam reporting system. In addition to fake newsletters, the other top spam categories for the week were fraud scams, adult spam and spam based on automated messages. By disguising spam as newsletters, spammers co-opt the reputations of well-known brands and legitimate bulk emailers, while also circumventing inferior spam filters.

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