Spammers take note of US interest rate cuts.
Mortgage spam saw a significant increase last month in conjunction with the interest rate cuts announced by the US Federal Reserve.
According to researchers at
Commtouch
, mortgage spam rose to 10% of all spam as spammers took note of the fact that millions of US mortgages became eligible for refinancing as a result of the lowered interest rates. According to
Commtouch
, finance-related spam accounted for a mere 2% of all spam subjects in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Posted on 01 February 2008 by
Virus Bulletin
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