E-mail Spam is a enormous subject for most Internet user - in fact, 52%of participant poll in a current review affirmed that spam was a main trouble. And in spite of the progress of anti spam software, such as spam filters and spam blockers, the negative effects of spam are still being felt by persons and business alike. Imagine you know all you need to know about spam? Read on for some alarming spam figures and facts about spam email

Email-Spam accounts for 14.5 billion messages internationally per day. In other words, spam makes up 45% of all emails. Some research companies guesstimate that spam email makes up an even greater piece of global emails, some 73% in fact. The United States is the figure one generator of spam email, with Korea clocking in as the second largest contributor of unwanted email.

The most widespread type of spam is advertising-related email; this kind of spam financial records for about 36%of all spam messages. The second most common group of spam is adult-related in subject and makes up roughly 31.7% of all spam. An unwanted email related to economic matters is the third most popular form of spam, at 26.5%.

Astonishingly, scams and fraud comprise only 2.5% of all spam email; however, identity theft (which is known as phishing) makes up 73% of the figure.

Because spam has swamped both the personal and commercial world of emailing, it has affected the way that persons and company feel about spam. In fact, surveys have found that spam has led to decrease public assurance and faith in Internet communications Companies also find spam upsetting difficulties that reduce output and security. Fifty two percent of companies' interviews for a recent study scheduled minimize spam as their top priority.

Though, anti spam events such as spam blockers provide some hope in the fight against unwanted email. In fact, MSN alone blocks some 2.4 billion spam emails every day.