just john Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I received a simple e-mail with an attachment from a good friend; and I opened and it then went to everyone of my contacts. Since then I've been inundated with spam discount offers. All of which I've deleted. What do these malicious spammers expect to gain[:(]. Apologies if any of you received it from me; DON'T OPEN THE ATTACHMENTJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 You might like to try MailWasher Free http://www.mailwasher.net/ I have used the pro version for years now and it works very well. The limit, I believe, with the free version is that it only works with one email account. I use the pro version because I have many email accounts what with the B&B, personal and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 [quote user="just john "]What do these malicious spammers expect to gain[:(].[/quote]Cash:Your post got me a bit interested and the first thing I found on the web was this: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/networking/2008-ccs-spamalytics.pdfAn attempt by Berkley University to quantify how much cash is generated by these 'campaigns'The last page is the interesting one"Thus, the total daily revenue attributable to Storm’s pharmacycampaign is likely closer to $7000 (or $9500 during periodsof campaign activity).""Storm-generated pharmaceutical spamwould produce roughly 3.5 million dollars of revenue in a year.This number could be even higher if spam-advertised pharmaciesexperience repeat business. A bit less than “millions of dollars everyday”, but certainly a healthy enterprise."Quite amazing isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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