[BITList] act on spam?

[CT's]

john

you are right.................................................almost 
unbelievable!

ct



Survey Finds One in Six Consumers Act on Spam

Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:00 AM PDT

About one in six consumers have at some time acted on a spam message, 
affirming the economic incentive for spammers to keep churning out millions 
of obnoxious pitches per day, according to a new survey.

Due to be released Wednesday, the survey was sponsored by the Messaging 
Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), an industrywide security think tank 
composed of service providers and network operators dedicated to fighting 
spam and malicious software.

Eight hundred consumers in the U.S. and Canada were asked about their 
computer security practices habits as well as awareness of current security 
issues.

Those who did admit to opening a spam message -- which in and of itself 
could potentially harm their computer -- said they were interested in a 
product or service or wanted to see what would happen when they opened it.

"It is this level of response that makes spamming a lot more attractive as a 
business because spam is much more likely to generate revenues at this 
response rate," according to the survey.

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From: "John Feltham" <wulguru.wantok at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:31 PM
To: <bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
Subject: Re: [BITList] sue

> G'day Colin,
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> > there are tens of thousands of frivolous cases - and many succeed.
>
> > nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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> That's how spam works...
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> ooroo
>
> Bad typists of the word, untie.
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