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How the Spam Industry is Sustained

Posted by samzenpus on from the please-stop-clicking dept.

mOoZik writes "The BBC has an interesting article about spam and why it's still around. According to a survey, nearly 1/3 of users have clicked on spam messages and 1/10 have bought products advertised therein. "If no-one responded to junk e-mail and didn't buy products sold in this way, then spam would be as extinct as the dinosaurs.""

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  1. Name that Celebrity! by IAMTHEMEDIA · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Its obvous that Spam is clicked on by only by idiots. Especially those running IE.