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   Aragorn wrote:   
   > J.O. Aho wrote:   
   >   
   >> Aragorn wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Wim Cossement wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Aragorn wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Spam is a pest.  About 85% of all e-mail traffic on the entire internet   
   >>>>> is spam, and only some 5% of those who receive it will actually click   
   >>>>> on one of those links and invest their savings in counterfeit Rolexes,   
   >>>>> counterfeit Viagra pills and penis enlargers.  And that in itself is   
   >>>>> strange, because I was under the impression that there's a great deal   
   >>>>> more of idiots out there than just 5% of all people with internet   
   >>>>> access.    
   >>>> You think even 5% is stupid enough?   
   >>> Actually, these are not my thoughts but statistics.  Apparently some 5%   
   >>> of the people does make use of the goods offered via spam e-mail, for   
   >>> whatever those goods may be.   
   >> And if you count the money value, spam is one of the largest industries in   
   >> USA and Nigeria.   
   >   
   > Considering that spam is also illegal in the USA - I don't know about   
   > Nigeria,   
      
   Those Nigerian scams are illegal in Nigeria, but you can unofficially pay a   
   fee and you will not get disturbed by the police, so the money scammed in a   
   way builds up the Nigerian state wealth, but then you have the problem that   
   the money will in the end only benefit the top elite and not the poor on the   
   streets.   
      
      
   > but we're also seeing a lot of spam being sent from from Russian,   
   > Chinese and Japanese domains, albeit less so lately - it just goes to show   
   > that crime not only pays, but that it pays a *lot!* :-/   
      
   Yes, there are a lot of those, I noticed an increase of spam from Russia, or   
   really spam attempts that are stopped at my SMTP, but still USA tops the list   
   by far. In the official stats China is soon to passing USA in sending out   
   spam, but the Chinese government has started to hunt down spammers, if we are   
   lucky we could see a decline of Chinese spam in the near future.   
      
   The value I have seen for USA alone been billions of US-dollars, and I doubt   
   that all stupid people live in US, but are quite evenly spread around the   
   world, but of course some poorer than others and that way contributes less   
   money to the spammers.   
      
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      //Aho   
      
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