Spam is unsolicited junk email that can contain viruses and be used for phishing attacks. It was first named in 1937 to refer to a food product. Spammers regularly scan for email addresses to design and broadcast spam using fake accounts and servers. The first person arrested for spamming was an 18-year old who sent 1.5 million unsolicited ads. Spam fills inboxes with unwanted emails, slows internet speeds, and can steal information or alter search results. It is important to use spam filtering, avoid sharing email addresses, and not respond to suspicious emails.

3.  Spam is the electronic version of junk mail.
 Spam can be used to deliver :-
Trojan horses, viruses, worms, spyware,
and targeted phishing attacks.

4. It was invented by George Hormel & Co.
in 1937. To name a food product named
SPiced hAM.

5. You do not know the sender.
Asked to send money to obtain a large cash
sum.
Asked for a password or banking account
information.
The sender repeatedly asks for personal or
secret information.

6.  Spammers regularly scan UseNet for
email addresses.
 Design the email.
 Broadcast it using fake accounts,
BotNet and proxy servers.

8.  The first person arrested for spamming
was Anthony Greco ,aged 18 on 2005 .
 He was accused of sending 1.5 million of
unsolicited ads.
 86% of email addresses post on internet
are used by spammers
 Bulgaria is the first country to legalized
spam.

9.  Fills your inbox with number of unwanted
emails.
 Degrades your internet speed to a great
extent.
 Steals your useful information.
 Alter your search results on any search
engines.
 Spam can crash mail servers and fill-up
hard drives.

10. Always use an updated trustworthy spam
filtering program.
Never share your e-mail address with
untrusted websites.
Avoid responding to suspected e-mails.

11. Append a plus ("+") sign and any combination
of words or numbers after your email address.
original
universityfan@gmail.com
After change
universityfan+lahiru@gmail.com

12. You could use universityfan+bank@gmail.com
when you sign up for online banking and
then set up a filter to automatically star, archive
or label emails addressed to universityfan+bank.

13.  More than 97% of emails sent over the
internet are spam emails
 349.6 billion in 2008 192% increase in
spam over the past year
Source:- Microsoft security intelligence report volume 6

17. The CNN news alert spam attack
 One of the largest spam attacks over the
last few months.
 Attackers sent millions of fake emails all
over the world (E-mails look like sent by
CNN).

18. Spamming is an illegal action to perform in
cyber space