Verizon Class Action > USA Top Source Of Spam WorldWide

said by keith2468:

»news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php···id=22616
Dec 28, 2004

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US still top source of spam, says Sophos

NEARLY half of all spam spread throughout the world is from the United States, making the country the top spammer of the year, according to a report released by software security firm Sophos.

Sophos’ report, which lists down the “dirty dozen” of spam, scored the “Can-Spam” law signed by US President George W. Bush last year in an attempt to control spam, showing that despite its best efforts, the US is still unable to prevent the spread of unwanted e-mail.

In their report, 42.11 percent of reported spam is from the US followed by South Korea, which is a far second with only 13.43 percent.

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And for the previous time period:

»informationweek.com/story/showAr···18200812
Feb. 26, 2004

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* United States, 56.74%
* Canada, 6.80%
* China (including Hong Kong), 6.24%
* South Korea, 5.77%
* Netherlands, 2.13%
* Brazil, 2.00%
* Germany, 1.83%
* France, 1.50%
* United Kingdom, 1.31%
* Australia, 1.21%
* Mexico, 1.19%
* Spain, 1.05%
* Others, 12.23%

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This above is based on the IP addresses in the headers of the spam, which often points to infected machines infected by spam trojan or viruses, or machines where the defaults were not customized to keep them secure and prevent them being used as open mail relays.

If you look at what is advertised in the spam -- to see the true source of the spam -- you can do that yourself and see what products and services are advertised in the spam you receive.

Of course a US mortgage company can set up an web server in China to evade US anti-spamming laws. But you know if it is a mortgage company looking for mortgagees in the USA, it is licensed in the USA.

And the same will be true if I ever get solicited for a mortgages on a Canadian, Polish, Chinese, or Nigerian houses. With stuff like that there is a 99% tip-off as to where the spammer really is based.