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Spam Costs U.S. Companies $22B Annually

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-whole-lotta-spam dept.

KoReE writes "According to this CNN article, a study at the University of Maryland says the loss of productivity from spam is costing U.S. companies $22 billion per year." Of course, they also say people get 18.5 spam per day, and I'm tipping in at 20x that.

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  1. Re:My $0.02 by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here, let me beat you over the head for a while...what, too ignorant or stupid to buy a helmet?

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  2. What scares me... by myheroBobHope · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The real problem that I noticed from the study is that 4% of people have bought something advertised through spam. That's the real problem. If everyone would just ignore it, and get there *cough* all important pills elsewhere (try Mexico!) then none of us would get spam. It's a simple cost to benefit ratio, as long as enough people buy things off spam, spammers will continue to operate.

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