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Spam is the transmission of unsolicited messages to e-mail accounts, Internet forums, cell phones, instant messaging systems, and video sharing sites. These ubiquitous messages bombard us daily and can bring mild amusement or major annoyance.

They entice with promises of wealth, employment, romance, or sexual enhancement but rarely deliver the intended results. While some are harmless, many are scams meant to trick readers into sending money or financial information. Still others contain worms that allow a spammer access to a user’s personal computer. It’s no surprise that bloggers turn to the Web to seek or offer advice and to vent their frustration over the constant threat spam poses to their computers and cell phones.

Though spam filters exist and a few spammers have been identified and held accountable for their mass mailings, legislation to ban or monitor spam varies from state to state and is often difficult to enforce. Spammers have also become increasingly savvy to the techniques used to block or suss them out. Spam levels are on the rise, and such messages will likely continue their assault on electronic forms of communication for some time to come.

 

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  • Obama Falsely Blamed for Muslim Stamp


    Patricks PlaceAuthority Authority: 140
    An email  making the pre-Christmas rounds claims that President Obama — excuse me, make that “President Barack Hussein Obama,” because those right wing extremist nutjobs can’t resist calling him that — has directed the U.S. Postal Service to “remember and honor” the Eid Muslim holiday season with a ...
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  • Google Cracking Down on Business Listing Spam - ClickZ News


    GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS FeedAuthority Authority: 182
    Google Cracking Down on Business Listing Spam ClickZ News ... and the people who market them online -- have severely criticized Google for the boatloads of rampant spam in the Google Maps Local Business Listings. ...
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  • Mossbergs Mailbox - Wall Street Journal


    GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS FeedAuthority Authority: 182
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  • CHECK YR PULSE


    manalogueAuthority Authority: 119
    There’s a new weekly club night in Winnipeg. If you haven’t guessed, it’s called CHECK YR PULSE , and well, Manalogue is half responsible for it. I DJ as a duo called THE SHAKE with the super deluxe LOTEK . Our beginning was pretty usual, playing parties for friends and such but we became a little ...
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    BlackBerry Rocks!Authority Authority: 510
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  • Spam email – Hello Dearest !


    TechmunchAuthority Authority: 136
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  • The most pathetic phishing scam Ive seen this week


    Graham Cluley's blogAuthority Authority: 717
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    11 hours ago
  • A quick laugh...


    Cheating NetworkAuthority Authority: 469
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  • Scam alert: Android Market littered with Apps of questionable origin and intent - StarkSilverCreek.com (blog)


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    StarkSilverCreek.com (blog) Scam alert: Android Market littered with Apps of questionable origin and intent StarkSilverCreek.com (blog) I hope Google too employs tight controls to ensure the Android Market doesnt become a spam -ridden marketplace; like a worn-down dollar shop. ... and ...
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  • Gmail repeatedly marking Harvard emails as spam - Harvard Law Record


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  • Botnet continues massive H1N1 malware campaign - Computerworld


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    Jonas KyratzesAuthority Authority: 123
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  • SPAM and Malware taking advantage of H1N1 concerns – SANS Internet Storm Center


    Chris Mosby at myITforum.comAuthority Authority: 129
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  • Fake H1N1 (Swine Flu) alerts lead to malware


    Zero DayAuthority Authority: 589
    The e-mail messages contain a link to a bogus Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site with prompts to create a user profile. During this process, a malware file gets planted on the users machine.
    19 hours ago

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