Spam stats
Penis pills, weight loss, Nigerian 419 scam
or Lottery scam ?
Over the years I have been keeping count of the
different types of e-mail spam that has appeared in my various
e-mail accounts. Prior to 2006 I just kept a running total. Over
recent years some of the spam types, such as 'Human Growth Hormone'
[HGH] spams, 'mortgage and loan' spams, and stocks and shares 'pump
and dump' spams have all seen a sharp decrease. Mostly to be
replaced by increasingly popular Nigerian 419 scams, bogus penis
pills and by scams telling me I have won Lotteries around the
world. So far over one hundred thousand spams received!
|
|
up to 2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
|
419 scams |
7508 |
4104 |
2521 |
1768 |
6796 |
1136 |
|
Blank/empty |
539 |
165 |
175 |
12 |
17 |
20 |
|
Casino |
620 |
858 |
190 |
109 |
44 |
13 |
|
Diploma mill |
507 |
199 |
27 |
142 |
13 |
26 |
|
HGH |
848 |
29 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Image/HTML/.exe |
2298 |
1625 |
252 |
17 |
36 |
0 |
|
Internet |
219 |
52 |
3 |
4 |
21 |
80 |
|
Lotto scams |
3415 |
1735 |
1524 |
764 |
779 |
110 |
|
Mortgage |
915 |
607 |
43 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
|
Newsletters |
225 |
32 |
47 |
46 |
3 |
4 |
|
Others |
800 |
463 |
286 |
169 |
108 |
26 |
|
Penis |
6324 |
5800 |
2135 |
2061 |
3154 |
397 |
|
Pharmacy |
5051 |
3416 |
606 |
999 |
1070 |
83 |
|
Phishing scams |
1569 |
432 |
495 |
466 |
530 |
68 |
|
Pornography |
3457 |
536 |
156 |
134 |
244 |
114 |
|
Pump & Dump |
2446 |
1195 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Software |
2679 |
450 |
53 |
76 |
199 |
6 |
|
Unknown |
2127 |
1018 |
1460 |
1055 |
380 |
248 |
|
Watches |
1351 |
1210 |
273 |
856 |
944 |
64 |
|
Weight loss |
383 |
114 |
37 |
164 |
47 |
35 |
|
Annual totals |
43281 |
24040 |
10293 |
8851 |
14386 |
2431 |
|
Running totals |
43281 |
67321 |
77614 |
86465 |
100850 |
103281 |
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