Spam in mail traffic

The amount of spam in mail traffic averaged 82.7% in April. A low of 72.8% was recorded on 26 April, while there was a high of 88.2% on 20 April.

Spam by category

In April, the top five categories were:

1. Medications, health-related goods and services – 23.1% (+6.3%)
2. E-advertising services – 19.7 % (+0.9%)
3. Education – 11.2% (+0.8 %)
4. Fake designer goods – 8.5% (-0.3%)
5. Real estate – 7.2% (+1.7%)

The amount of spam in the Medications, health-related goods and services category increased significantly in April due to English-language adverts for Viagra.

Interestingly, spammers included links to sites offering Viagra in messages advertising cold and flu remedies and other standard medications. It seems that spammers have decided to diversify their list of brands.
What if you caught virus and you need something to help you right now?
There is no time for prescription, no time for going among supermarkets and asking for the
product you need.
The key is here! Enter our site, click and you’ll get every name you need, regardless of what
the problem is (from hypertension or lupus to common flu!).
By the way, if you just compare prices on our site to the usual ones, you’ll see our full
advantage!
Remember, not only we sell goods for that prices, we ship them in a fast and professional
way!
Stay with us, say bye to illnesses!

The E-advertising services category lost the top spot in April’s rating, but this type of spam became more aggressive. Spam in this category increased in volume in comparison to March and accounted for 20% or every fifth spam message sent on the Russian Internet.

Russian-language spammers are trying to broaden their list of clients by winning over the English-language audience with short messages in English offering mass mailing services. The messages are clearly sent by Russian-language spammers because senders’ addresses are mostly hosted on the .ru domain zone and the message subjects are often in Russian.
I offer services of mass delivery of your letters on email
My prices begin from 120$
I prefer to work with partners!
Icq: NUMBER

The imminent end of the school year and the prospect of final exams saw the Education category move up to third place in the rating.

April also saw Adult content spam lose ground, with its share dropping by 8.4%, leaving it outside the top five for the first time since May 2008.

At the same time the Real estate category has re-entered the top five. The majority of messages in this category proposed that the recipient rent or buy property which is still under construction.