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India Tops Target List For Spam
Ant wrote to mention a ZDNet news report on the realities of spam traffic. The U.S. is still the number one producer/distributor of spam in the world. However, with their quick adoption of technology over the last few years, Indian users are now top targets for spam. From the article: "India's rapid adoption of new technology has left its PC users struggling to cope with very high levels of spam, according to a report released Wednesday. Ninety-one percent of email traffic sent to Indian PC users is spam, according to email security company MessageLabs, which warned that the rate of technological advancement has outstripped growth in security awareness. 'There is booming technology in India, but it has been suggested there is little thought for security, which creates a market to exploit that,' said Paul Wood, security analyst at MessageLabs."
Asians are afflicted with smaller than average penises. It makes sense to target them with appropriate spam.
It's a huge growing market over there. In more ways than one!
That is Nigerian scam you idiot! Has nothing to do with India.
70% of the world's vegetarians live in India, rather...
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I'm amazed at the general standard of comments posted on this... if the best reaction some of the folk here can come up with, is the size of Indian penises and how Indians are stealing your spam, maybe you deserve to have your job outsourced... Sociology aside, spam is a problem irrespective of who's getting it.. So grow up guys and get your dicks out of your heads.