Luz Wrote:

Apparently world spam is up 80% in the last month.

I just received one from a bot named Luz Ackerman which is a pretty awesome name.

More fun facts:

• You can buy 1,000,000 guaranteed valid email addresses for as little as $40. That means if you unload even one or two of your faux cartier watches, you have paid the cost of advertizing to 1,000,000 people. That is why people spam.
  
• Michael Hlinka, Metro Morning's business commentator decided to follow up a stock tip spam. He was unsurprised that the stock was a pink market company of dubious worth. What did surprise him, however, was that they had not sent out the spam and fielding calls was a nightmare for them. He theorized that the spammers sent out spams for the company they actually wanted to promote and maybe for 30 others just to cover their tracks.
  
• Depending on which stat you like, 80 to 90% of email traffic is now spam.