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Spammers still find plenty of easy targets

Molly Wood Jul 16, 2009
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Spammers still find plenty of easy targets

Molly Wood Jul 16, 2009
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A new survey by the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group finds that 12 percent of Internet users open messages they know to be spam because they’re interested in the product or service being pitched.

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