December State of Spam Report
Filed in archive Spam News on December 14, 2007
Symantec has released it's December State of Spam Report. In it they note that in November spam increased to 72% of all email traffic. The report also notes some seasonal spam trends:
Penny stocks use Thanksgiving holiday captions in subject line - spammers using common personal Thanksgiving-related words in the subject of emails
Replica products a favorite for spammers this holiday season - replica gear has always been a spammer favorite. Spammers are marketing their wares using seasonal words in the subject lines of their mailings
Spam begins to snowball - spammers collecting email addresses by using a funny .gif that shows a snowball hurtling at you through your computer
Christmas freebie anyone? - spammers taking advantage of the season to market "free" gift cards for well known companies
Seasonal lotto scams - in a scam targeted at UK end users, spammers have updated a lottery spam email for a Christmas Bonanza special
Check out the rest of the report for more analysis and trends!

Replica products a favorite for spammers this holiday season - replica gear has always been a spammer favorite. Spammers are marketing their wares using seasonal words in the subject lines of their mailings
Spam begins to snowball - spammers collecting email addresses by using a funny .gif that shows a snowball hurtling at you through your computer
Christmas freebie anyone? - spammers taking advantage of the season to market "free" gift cards for well known companies
Seasonal lotto scams - in a scam targeted at UK end users, spammers have updated a lottery spam email for a Christmas Bonanza special
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