Abstract
This chapter focuses on the statistics of spam. It discusses who sends the most spam, the most common type of spam, and spam trends. All statistics in the chapter are collated from the author's own spare filter logs, typically taken from a corpus consisting of 100,000 spam messages spread throughout a year. Results in this chapter should not be considered typical for everyone; they are the author's own personal statistics. Many factors govern the types of spam an individual receive—how old the individual's e-mail address is, how many people know it, and what is being done with it. All these factors influence the types and amount of spam the individual receives. However, some facts and findings are useful in dispelling myths and misconceptions about where spam can (and does) often come from.
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