Spam e-mails tempt net shoppers
Found on BBC News on Thursday, 09 December 2004
Computer users across the world continue to ignore security warnings about spam e-mails and are being lured into buying goods, a report suggests.
More than a quarter have bought software through spam e-mails and 24% have bought clothes or jewellery.
The research, which covered 6,000 people in six countries and their attitudes towards junk e-mails, revealed that Brazilians were the most likely to read spam.
A third of them read unsolicited junk e-mail and 66% buy goods or services after receiving spam.
This was despite 38% of people in all countries being worried about their net security because of the amount of spam they get.
Some people need to be kicked hard; how can anyone expect a decrease in spam when so many morons buy their crap? If they want to have their mailboxes flooded, they should sign up to newsletters. Or they need something to do with their lives so they don't have time to read spam.