One tenth of spam email is for chavs
The Internet is experiencing a phenomenal wave of chav spam email thanks to the rise in the chav culture, according to Lycos.co.uk.
Traditional chavs are defined by their love of imitation designer labels and ‘bling’ jewellery, in particular names like Dior, Chanel and Gucci. It is luxury brand advertising for these names which is responsible for the four fold increase in filtered spam mail, from 35 million in 2003 to 113 million in 2004. Among these unsolicited emails filtered by the Lycos communications portal, 13 million were web advertisements for imitation Rolex watches, the chav’s favourite possession. Wessel van Rensburg, email product manager for Lycos UK and Ireland, said: “Luxury brand spam has increased dramatically in the last few months and our team of security experts are constantly finding new ways to adapt to new spamming methods.” “For email users who want to avoid the latest phenomenon, we would recommend seeking an email package that has spam filtering software, to combat the problem” he added. Chavs themselves need not miss out, as Lycos filtering allows spam to be delivered into a junk inbox, which can be reviewed before the contents are deleted. Lycos is the leading European Internet destination, and generates over 2.3 billion page views each month.
Reproduced from an article published by netImperative
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