Spam Encouraged By Email Retards

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Spam encouraged by email retards

Security Don’t ignore it and it won’t go away

By Guy Matthews: Thursday 14 July 2005, 10:54

HONESTLY, you’d think people would know better. Research published by security vendor Mirapoint indicates that 11 per cent of email users have bought products and services from spam emails, while nine per cent have lost money to an email scam.

The research, carried out by research company the Radicati Group, reveals that, even if they aren't buying products, 39 per cent of users admit to clicking on embedded links within spam. The fools.

"If the promotion in the spam sounds too good to be true, it probably is," said Marcel Nienhuis, market analyst at the Radicati Group, something you’d think would be obvious to all. "User education and implementation of smart practices when dealing with spam, such as not opening unidentified messages, will be crucial in discouraging spammers. If people stop buying products from spam, spam would probably go away."

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The basic gist of the article is that spam remains profitable because some dumbasses people actually buy stuff that's advertised in spam. And even more people click on links that are in spam.

Seriously, what is so hard for the end users to grasp? Why do people click on links in emails that they receive from total strangers?? *bangs head on desk*