Mortgage spam rockets

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jan 1, 2008

Spammers take note of US interest rate cuts.

Mortgage spam saw a significant increase last month in conjunction with the interest rate cuts announced by the US Federal Reserve.

According to researchers at Commtouch, mortgage spam rose to 10% of all spam as spammers took note of the fact that millions of US mortgages became eligible for refinancing as a result of the lowered interest rates. According to Commtouch, finance-related spam accounted for a mere 2% of all spam subjects in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Posted on 01 February 2008 by Virus Bulletin

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