Spam is a global problem, it originates from the Nigerian countries,Here is the latest news of spams,where a thousands of people were Fooled by the spammers. 'Lost in space' Nigerian astronaut called top spam scam. Send money to help a Nigerian astronaut lost in space and you will share in his $15 million reentry bonus.

That e-mail message was named the top spam scam in the "Spam and Bologna" contest of the New York State Consumer Protection Board.

Several thousand persons nationwide responded to the call for nominees from the consumer watchdog for fakes and frauds who use Internet sob stories to separate the unwary from their money.

The contest is intended to warn consumers about e-mail "advance-fee" solicitations, also known as "Nigerian" and "419" schemes. Scam artists invite the sympathetic reader to send money on the promise of sharing the phantom fortune of some deposed dictator, missing heiress or deceased business tycoon.