V-Day Spam Recipients help perpetuate the Spam – Survey Results

A recent survey by Cyberoam on Valentine’s Day Spam has brought out some interesting insights.

While 56% of the respondents confirmed that they received V-day Spam mails on their personal addresses, an equally high 46% confirmed receiving spam mails on their corporate mail addresses. A huge number of respondents admitted to opening the spam despite knowing that it was from unknown sources and was potentially dangerous.

At 37 %, a significant number confirmed that they would forward the spam from unknown sources, raising the overall security risk to users and organizations alike.



Dating mails are the biggest spam threat at 60%, way ahead of health and medication.



It turns out that spammers are cashing in on user preference for online purchase of flowers, chocolates and other gifts.



A whopping 62% of the respondents confirmed clicking on spam that promised “free” gifts. Similar patterns emerged for V-day pictures and videos.

In conclusion, we advise mail recipients and website visitors alike to be extremely cautious during periods such as V-day when spam creates havoc. The fact that a mail is from a known person does not make it a good mail – the original message could have been part of spam that is being forwarded.

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