Where does all that spam come from?

Just in case you were wondering ….

TOP SPAM NATIONS
  1) United States – 23.1%
  2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
  3) South Korea – 9.8%
  4) France – 4.3%
  5) Poland – 3.8%
  6) Spain – 3.3%
  7) Germany – 3.0%
  8) Brazil – 2.9%
  9) Japan – 2.0%
10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

source: BBC/Sophos


William Tasso

20 Responses to “Where does all that spam come from?”

  1. admin says:

    "William Tasso" <SpamBloc…@tbdata.com> wrote in news:op.s8c5myk4m9g4qz-
    w…@tbdata.com:

    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >   1) United States – 23.1%

    I keep telling all of you that the USA is #1!


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  2. admin says:

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    William Tasso wrote:
    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >   1) United States – 23.1%
    >   2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >   3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >   4) France – 4.3%
    >   5) Poland – 3.8%
    >   6) Spain – 3.3%
    >   7) Germany – 3.0%
    >   8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >   9) Japan – 2.0%
    > 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    > source: BBC/Sophos

    Holland isn’t in the list :-)


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  3. admin says:

    William Tasso wrote:
    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >   1) United States – 23.1%
    >   2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >   3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >   4) France – 4.3%
    >   5) Poland – 3.8%
    >   6) Spain – 3.3%
    >   7) Germany – 3.0%
    >   8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >   9) Japan – 2.0%
    > 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    ..and most of the 100% is probably sent by those forty guys living in
    Boca Raton, Florida…


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  4. admin says:

    On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:07:36 +0100, "William Tasso"

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    <SpamBloc…@tbdata.com> wrote:
    >Just in case you were wondering ….

    >TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >  1) United States – 23.1%
    >  2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >  3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >  4) France – 4.3%
    >  5) Poland – 3.8%
    >  6) Spain – 3.3%
    >  7) Germany – 3.0%
    >  8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >  9) Japan – 2.0%
    >10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    >source: BBC/Sophos

    Do they further break down the term ‘spam’ into real spam
    (unsolicited, bulk email advertising) and viruses/trojans?

    Matt


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  5. admin says:

    On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:40:55 GMT, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"

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    <a.nony.m…@example.invalid> wrote:
    >William Tasso wrote:

    >> Just in case you were wondering ….

    >> TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >>   1) United States – 23.1%
    >>   2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >>   3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >>   4) France – 4.3%
    >>   5) Poland – 3.8%
    >>   6) Spain – 3.3%
    >>   7) Germany – 3.0%
    >>   8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >>   9) Japan – 2.0%
    >> 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    >..and most of the 100% is probably sent by those forty guys living in
    >Boca Raton, Florida…

    I like Boca Raton. Very much like Guildford, for those that know
    Guildford.

    Matt


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  6. admin says:

    William Tasso <SpamBloc…@tbdata.com> wrote in message:

    op.s8c5myk4m9g4qz-…@tbdata.com,

    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >  1) United States – 23.1%
    >  2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >  3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >  4) France – 4.3%
    >  5) Poland – 3.8%
    >  6) Spain – 3.3%
    >  7) Germany – 3.0%
    >  8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >  9) Japan – 2.0%
    > 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    > source: BBC/Sophos

    Yay!
    We’re number one!
    We’re number one!

    Huh?
    oops…


    Red

  7. admin says:

    And lo, Matt Probert didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

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    > William Tasso wrote:

    >> Just in case you were wondering ….

    >> TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >>  1) United States – 23.1%
    >>  2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >>  3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >>  4) France – 4.3%
    >>  5) Poland – 3.8%
    >>  6) Spain – 3.3%
    >>  7) Germany – 3.0%
    >>  8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >>  9) Japan – 2.0%
    >> 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    >> source: BBC/Sophos

    > Do they further break down the term ‘spam’ into real spam
    > (unsolicited, bulk email advertising) and viruses/trojans?

    "The Internet" is a global phenomenon.  A country-by-country breakdown of  
    spam traffic means very little when users can use proxies or servers in  
    countries other than where they actually reside.  Personally, I’d like to  
    see it broken down by:

    a) Spam coming from purchased ISP accounts

    b) Spam coming from email injection on vulnerable online web forms

    c) Spam coming from zombie computers unbeknownst by their actual onwers

    d) Spammers by country of residence (rather than country of spam origin)

    Grey


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    pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous.
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  8. admin says:

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    "William Tasso" <SpamBloc…@tbdata.com> wrote:
    >Just in case you were wondering ….

    >TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >  1) United States – 23.1%
    >  2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >  3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >  4) France – 4.3%
    >  5) Poland – 3.8%
    >  6) Spain – 3.3%
    >  7) Germany – 3.0%
    >  8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >  9) Japan – 2.0%
    >10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    >source: BBC/Sophos

    The more important question in my view is *why* all that spam?  Do
    people actually buy that shit?  Now there is a frightening thought!


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  9. admin says:

    On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:07:36 +0100
    "William Tasso" <SpamBloc…@tbdata.com> opined:

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    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >   1) United States – 23.1%
    >   2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >   3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >   4) France – 4.3%
    >   5) Poland – 3.8%
    >   6) Spain – 3.3%
    >   7) Germany – 3.0%
    >   8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >   9) Japan – 2.0%
    > 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    > source: BBC/Sophos

    We keep a daily tally:
    http://tqmcube.com/origins.php


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  10. admin says:

    On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:40:55 GMT
    "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.m…@example.invalid> opined:

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    > William Tasso wrote:

    > > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    > >   1) United States – 23.1%
    > >   2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    > >   3) South Korea – 9.8%
    > >   4) France – 4.3%
    > >   5) Poland – 3.8%
    > >   6) Spain – 3.3%
    > >   7) Germany – 3.0%
    > >   8) Brazil – 2.9%
    > >   9) Japan – 2.0%
    > > 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    > ..and most of the 100% is probably sent by those forty guys living
    > in Boca Raton, Florida…

    The largest single source of US spam is zombies:
    http://tqmcube.com/zombies.php


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  11. admin says:

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    William Tasso wrote:

    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >   1) United States – 23.1%
    >   2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >   3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >   4) France – 4.3%
    >   5) Poland – 3.8%
    >   6) Spain – 3.3%
    >   7) Germany – 3.0%
    >   8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >   9) Japan – 2.0%
    > 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    > source: BBC/Sophos

    Damn! I see we ( Philippines ) didn’t make the list ;)


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  12. admin says:

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    David Cary Hart wrote:
    > On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:40:55 GMT
    > "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.m…@example.invalid> opined:
    >> William Tasso wrote:

    >>> Just in case you were wondering ….

    >>> TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >>>   1) United States – 23.1%
    >>>   2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >>>   3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >>>   4) France – 4.3%
    >>>   5) Poland – 3.8%
    >>>   6) Spain – 3.3%
    >>>   7) Germany – 3.0%
    >>>   8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >>>   9) Japan – 2.0%
    >>> 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    >> ..and most of the 100% is probably sent by those forty guys living
    >> in Boca Raton, Florida…

    > The largest single source of US spam is zombies:
    > http://tqmcube.com/zombies.php

    Yeah, the zombies is where they send it _from_, but the perpetrators are
    the guys in Boca, using those spambot nets. The zombies themselves do
    not originate the spam, they only relay it based on instructions
    received from the spammers.


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  13. admin says:

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    William Tasso wrote:
    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >  1) United States – 23.1%
    >  2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >  3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >  4) France – 4.3%
    >  5) Poland – 3.8%
    >  6) Spain – 3.3%
    >  7) Germany – 3.0%
    >  8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >  9) Japan – 2.0%
    > 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    > source: BBC/Sophos

    I wonder how much of that is because U.S. hosting is cheap, and/or there are a
    lot of clueless idiots with unprotected computers here?

    For instance – how many of those are using U.S. hosting/web mail because they
    can’t find a $2/mo with no setup in their own country?  They don’t care if they
    get barred by the hosting company – they’ve already sent their spam and moved on.


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  14. admin says:

    Jerry Stuckle wrote:
    > William Tasso wrote:
    >> Just in case you were wondering ….

    >> TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >>  1) United States – 23.1%

    > I wonder how much of that is because U.S. hosting is cheap, and/or
    > there are a lot of clueless idiots with unprotected computers here?

    We USians have more clueless idiots using cable and DSL than the rest of
    the planet.

    My cable company (RoadRunner) floods the TV with ads about "download
    music fast!" and "free anti-virus software" but they never mention
    firewalls. Not that the clue-impaired would understand…

    > For instance – how many of those are using U.S. hosting/web mail
    > because they can’t find a $2/mo with no setup in their own country?
    > They don’t care if they get barred by the hosting company – they’ve
    > already sent their spam and moved on.

    Not sure what you mean here. Are you talking about the spammers’ web
    sites? Heh, a lot of those I attempt to track down are on Chinese web
    servers. And the Chinese don’t care.


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    Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
    > Jerry Stuckle wrote:

    >>William Tasso wrote:

    >>>Just in case you were wondering ….

    >>>TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >>> 1) United States – 23.1%

    >>I wonder how much of that is because U.S. hosting is cheap, and/or
    >>there are a lot of clueless idiots with unprotected computers here?

    > We USians have more clueless idiots using cable and DSL than the rest of
    > the planet.

    > My cable company (RoadRunner) floods the TV with ads about "download
    > music fast!" and "free anti-virus software" but they never mention
    > firewalls. Not that the clue-impaired would understand…

    >>For instance – how many of those are using U.S. hosting/web mail
    >>because they can’t find a $2/mo with no setup in their own country?
    >>They don’t care if they get barred by the hosting company – they’ve
    >>already sent their spam and moved on.

    > Not sure what you mean here. Are you talking about the spammers’ web
    > sites? Heh, a lot of those I attempt to track down are on Chinese web
    > servers. And the Chinese don’t care.

    No, a lot of them will get a $2/mo. web site because it comes with an email
    server.  They can spam 100′s of thousands of people in a short while before they
    get shut down.

    They don’t even need to upload a web site.


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  16. admin says:

    GreyWyvern wrote:
    > d) Spammers by country of residence (rather than country of spam origin)

    http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/index.lasso


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  17. admin says:

    William Tasso wrote

    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >   1) United States – 23.1%

    Thank you for that Mr T.  I shall now block all US IPs.


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    http://CharlesSweeney.com

  18. admin says:

    Jerry Stuckle wrote

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    > William Tasso wrote:
    >> Just in case you were wondering ….

    >> TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >>  1) United States – 23.1%
    >>  2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >>  3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >>  4) France – 4.3%
    >>  5) Poland – 3.8%
    >>  6) Spain – 3.3%
    >>  7) Germany – 3.0%
    >>  8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >>  9) Japan – 2.0%
    >> 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    >> source: BBC/Sophos

    > I wonder how much of that is because U.S. hosting is cheap, and/or
    > there are a lot of clueless idiots with unprotected computers here?

    > For instance – how many of those are using U.S. hosting/web mail
    > because they can’t find a $2/mo with no setup in their own country?
    > They don’t care if they get barred by the hosting company – they’ve
    > already sent their spam and moved on.

    By the same token, how many from China are actually Chinese?


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  19. admin says:

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    Els wrote:
    > William Tasso wrote:

    >> Just in case you were wondering ….

    >> TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >>   1) United States – 23.1%
    >>   2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >>   3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >>   4) France – 4.3%
    >>   5) Poland – 3.8%
    >>   6) Spain – 3.3%
    >>   7) Germany – 3.0%
    >>   8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >>   9) Japan – 2.0%
    >> 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    >> source: BBC/Sophos

    > Holland isn’t in the list :-)

    That’s because the Dutch have the "Hyper Global Tele-Lottery" instead ;-)

  20. admin says:

    What no Canada? I’m unimpressed.

    "William Tasso" <SpamBloc…@tbdata.com> wrote in message

    news:op.s8c5myk4m9g4qz-wnt@tbdata.com…

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    > Just in case you were wondering ….

    > TOP SPAM NATIONS
    >  1) United States – 23.1%
    >  2) China (inc. Hong Kong) – 21.9%
    >  3) South Korea – 9.8%
    >  4) France – 4.3%
    >  5) Poland – 3.8%
    >  6) Spain – 3.3%
    >  7) Germany – 3.0%
    >  8) Brazil – 2.9%
    >  9) Japan – 2.0%
    > 10) United Kingdom – 1.9%

    > source: BBC/Sophos

    > —
    > William Tasso

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