capoccia's Journal: March Spam Report

In March, spam levels remained about the same as February. Due to a combination of factors, this is the final report.

I have created a SpamCop email account and will be migrating away from my NetZero account. NetZero decided to stop allowing POP access for their free email accounts. These users will only be allowed access to email through their website as of June 2004.

The changes at NetZero created the catalyst, but I was getting a little bored of all the spam reporting and tracking. I'll still be filing some reports, but only to agencies that allow filing by email. SpamCop's email system makes it a simple box to check.

I continued my practice of reporting spam to SpamCop, the FTC and the Internet Fraud Complaint Center. The IFCC has been dropped from my reporting, since they require a special form, and not simply an email.

I recieved a total of 152 spams in March. This compares to 148 in February, 259 in January, 270 in December and 356 in November. Overall, spam continued to decline at the rate of 2.8 spams per week.

English spam decreased much faster than foreign spam. English spam decreased at 35 spams per week while Russian spam only decreased 7.2 spams per month. March brought in 35 English, 93 Cyrillic and 19 Asian spams.

Spam Quantity by Day of Week
Language of Spam
Daily Spam Quantity
Historical Weekly Spam Quantity
Historical Monthly Spam Quantity by Language

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