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Title: Study shows how spammers cash in
Post by: Clive on November 10, 2008, 22:43

Spammers are turning a profit despite only getting one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send, finds a study.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7719281.stm

Title: Re: Study shows how spammers cash in
Post by: Simon on November 10, 2008, 23:41

Yup, there was an article on that on our BBC local radio today.  It's amazing how many people still fall for these (winning a lottery you haven't entered?  Duhhh!), but it only takes a small percentage of thickets for the spanners to make their money.

Title: Re: Study shows how spammers cash in
Post by: Reno on November 11, 2008, 05:04

Good greif, I wonder how long it takes to send out that many messages. I think the moneys probably in phishing and scareware. Get a spam with a link in it, follow the link, get infected with some crap that extorts you for a cc number.