'Other spam' stats for
2008
Here are the monthly totals for the other types of spam received
for 2008, across several e-mail accounts.
|
Spam type |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Blank |
3 |
7 |
2
 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Casino |
43 |
25
|
29 |
3
|
16 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Diplomas |
0 |
3 |
4
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
HGH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Images/.exe |
149 |
71
|
23
|
1
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Internet |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mortgage |
19 |
14 |
4
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Newsletter |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
'Others' |
45 |
9
|
13 |
27 |
39 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Penis |
473 |
185
|
216 |
159
|
156 |
98
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pharmacy |
103 |
31
|
54 |
68 |
36
|
50 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pornography |
11 |
8 |
35 |
16
|
16 |
3
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Software |
2 |
4 |
19
|
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Unknown |
70 |
65 |
101 |
94 |
102 |
111 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Watches |
4 |
5 |
30
|
20 |
13
|
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Weight-loss |
5 |
0
|
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
A spam typical of the 'others' variety - this one for
a casino...
this example is for an embedded .exe file...
| BlueMountain
cards@bluemountain.com
www.emilytec.com.br/imagens/destaques/FlashPlayer.exe
An 'image' spam where
BlueMountain want to install a .exe file on my computer, from a
website in Brazil, even thought they are also spamvertising their own
domain name. |
and these are Joe-Job'ing domains that use one of my
e-mail addresses as either the
From: address or as the Reply-To: address on their spams ...
jcaq.com
kanaweb.dbda.com
kanaweb.dqrb.com
kanaweb.vaye.com
markleast.com |
Below is the breakdown of percentages of the total number
of spam types received, as of the last update:
More spammers are switching from the lotto
scam to the 419 scam.
Casino spams continue to grow!
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