Spam: Asia strong importer

by Brian Turner

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Asia remains the strongest importer of spam emails to the internet, with China rapidly catching up to the USA as the leading nation of spammers.

The information comes from security company Sophos, who released figures from a study showing where spam was sent from.

Legislation within the USA has helped knock it down from being the source of 50% to 25% of all wordlwide spam, but the trend continues strong in Asia.

Although the UK only sends out around 1.9% of all spam, Europe as a whole makes up almost a quarter of all spam emails sent, and is increasingly more likely to be a source of spam.

Overall tables from Sophos are as follows:

By country:

United States
China (incl Hong Kong)
South Korea
France
Poland
Spain
Germany
Brazil
Japan
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Taiwan

By continent:

Asia
North America
Europe
South America
Australasia
Africa

Still, on the plus side, thanks to taking up a range of offers presented to myself via email spam, I now have a huge penis, a wonderful pair of breasts, loads of cheap software, am immensely healthy, and won the lottery countless times.

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