UK survey: Sex, drugs and software lead spam purchase growth

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Believe or not:

"29% of Internet Users have Purchased from Spam, According to New Research from Marshal

London, 19 August, 2008 – 29 percent of internet users have purchased goods from spam emails, according to new research 
by Internet security company Marshal.
The most commonly purchased items include sexual enhancement pills, software, adult material and luxury items such as 
watches, jewellery and clothing. 

Marshal’s research, which asked ‘What purchases have you made from spam,’ attracted 622 responses with 29.1 percent 
indicating that they had made purchases.
The poll showed the proportion of spam purchases had risen when compared to a similar Forrester Research poll from 
2004, which surveyed 6,000 active Web users and reported 20 percent had made purchases from spam."
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More at
http://www.marshal.com/pages/newsitem.asp?article=748&thesection=news

Juha-Matti

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