The majority of spam costs the spammer himself nothing other then a little time to exploit an unsecured Korean mail server and the inevitable fate of eternity in hell. Even if one recipient in a million purchased a product it would profit the spammer. If his margins are not high enough, he can simply increase the volume of spam until he generates enough inevitable purchases.
The report is most likely that 1 out of 10 people have EVER bought something from a spam email. That could be one purchase for that one person after hundreds of thousands of ignored spam emails received prior to the purchase and thereafter.
Even so, I highly doubt that 1 in 10 people have ever responded to spam with a purchase. These samplings are usually no more than 400 individuals surveyed, asking if they ever bought a product advertised by a spam email. Most folks can't differentiate between legitimate commercial email and spam and the other half is too busy to respond to stupid surveys from the BBC.
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I patented the patent process a while back. Not only is every patent an infringement, but I can patent whatever the hell I want.
The majority of spam costs the spammer himself nothing other then a little time to exploit an unsecured Korean mail server and the inevitable fate of eternity in hell. Even if one recipient in a million purchased a product it would profit the spammer. If his margins are not high enough, he can simply increase the volume of spam until he generates enough inevitable purchases. The report is most likely that 1 out of 10 people have EVER bought something from a spam email. That could be one purchase for that one person after hundreds of thousands of ignored spam emails received prior to the purchase and thereafter. Even so, I highly doubt that 1 in 10 people have ever responded to spam with a purchase. These samplings are usually no more than 400 individuals surveyed, asking if they ever bought a product advertised by a spam email. Most folks can't differentiate between legitimate commercial email and spam and the other half is too busy to respond to stupid surveys from the BBC.