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52.46% of Jan 2006 spam was drug-related

52.46% of spam sent in January 2006 was related to pharmaceutical products, CommTouch says.
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52.46% of spam sent in January 2006 was related to pharmaceutical products, CommTouch says. Distant second was gifts with 14.08% (this category includes such all time spam favorites as fake Rolex watches), followed by enhancers and diets with 13.38%, finance with 7.57% (refinancing and mortgage offers), software with 6.34% (mostly unbelievable deals at OEM prices), porn & dating with 5.28% and phishing fraud with 0.88%.

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