An Average Brit Receives 10 Spam Every Day
The outcome of a new poll by conducted Opinium Research for Moneysupermarket in October 2008 has disclosed that an average Brit receives 10 spam mails per day, 372 per month, either by text or mail.
Nearly 90% of 2,179 adults surveyed do not safeguard themselves from spam by filtering mails, making them accessible to harmful messages. 81% claim that the messages they receive are meaningless, with the most frequent types of spam are sales (35%), pornography (16%) and phishing (27%).
In spite of dislike for spam mails, almost 14% have admitted that they respond to a spam mail. The worst sufferers are under twenties as around 17% responding to spam. Almost 1/4th people believe that spam pose a danger for youngsters and 23% held the view that their ISP should caution them about spam mails.
