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The glamour life of spammers

28 September 2009  JJ Robinson

Why on Earth is there so much spam?

That question has flummoxed most people with an inbox. Many wonder who keeps spammers in business by actually buying the sexual performance enhancing drugs on offer, or investing in the dubious business propositions advertised.

The answer, it seems, is plenty of people.

According to research by Dmitry Samosseikoare, who heads security vendor Sophos’s Canadian virus laboratory, sending out spam emails is so potentially lucrative that an Eastern European spammer can earn up to $4,000 a day in commission from a single campaign.

Samosseiko’s in depth study of spammers' business models found... read more...

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