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U.S. Named as Biggest Spammer, Spammee

Nov 25, 2003 4:39PM PST

The United States may not have to look past its own backyard to enforce the Anti-Spam bill the president is expected to sign by 2004. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2003 e-commerce and development report identifies the U.S. as the top perpetrator, responsible for more than half of the spam received in the world.

The majority of spam victims are in the U.S. as well, the report finds, and David Schatsky, senior vice president of research, Jupiter Research (a unit of this site's corporate parent) says simply, "That's where the money is." Schatsky explains that the U.S. is the largest marketplace in the world, making it an attractive target.

Besides annoying Internet users, the UNCTAD cites a MessageLabs estimate that unwanted e-mail cost enterprises worldwide roughly $20.5 billion.

At an average 226 of unwanted messages per inbox, Russell Research's survey of more than 1,200 U.S. adults showed overwhelming support for a national "Do Not Spam" registry, but only 19 percent thought it would be extremely or very effective. The majority (46 percent) thought the registry would be somewhat effective.

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