An estimated 80 percent of e-mail is spam, according to a study done by Yale University. This translates to more than 200 billion spam e-mails a day, about 80 percent of which are for pharmaceuticals.
More facts about spam:
The three most effective types of spam are for pornography, pharmaceuticals and Rolex watches.
Workers spend an average of 16 seconds deleting 20 spam messages per day.
Contrary to popular belief, Nigeria is not one of the world's top sources of spam e-mail. Companies and people from the United States send the most spam e-mail, with more than 6 million spam e-mails sent per day, followed by Brazil, with about 3 million, and India, with about 2 million.
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