Spam Monkeys™ is your source for information relating to Spam, the kind which shows up in your e-mail inbox, unsolicited and undesired.

Definition and Examples:

Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media: instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs, mobile phone messaging spam, internet forum spam and junk fax transmissions. Spamming is economically viable because advertisers have no operating costs beyond the management of their mailing lists, and it is difficult to hold senders accountable for their mass mailings. Because the barrier to entry is so low, spammers are numerous, and the volume of unsolicited mail has become very high. The costs, such as lost productivity and fraud, are borne by the public and by Internet Service Providers, which have been forced to add extra capacity to cope with the deluge. Spamming is widely reviled, and has been the subject of legislation in many jurisdictions. - Wikipedia

Examples of Spam targeting various markets can be found on the respective pages of this site, and are broken out into 11 main categories: Adult Services, Education & Jobs, Fake News, Financial, Greeting Cards, Health & Medicine, Software, Watch Ads, Website Traffic, Weight Loss, and Image Spam (if you see these any of these in your in-box, don't click on any of the links, don't reply to these e-mails... just delete)

What can you do to protect yourself?

Everyday spammers find new routes to try to get into your email inbox. Most spam consists of unwanted advertising, but some can transmit viruses, adware or spyware on to your computer and cause problems. Of course, it is also extremely annoying to go to your inbox and have to look through a whole list of emails to find one legitimate email.

An effective anti spam /spam blocker / spam filter program can solve many of your email problems. Not only do they block unwanted spam but they can also organize your emails into folders, so your inbox only includes wanted email.

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