#WhatNoOneTellsYou About Email SPAM

1. Spam accounts for 14.5 billion messages globally per day. In other words, spam makes up 45% of all emails.
2. The most prevalent type of spam is advertising-related email; this type of spam accounts for approximately 36% of all spam messages
3. Surprisingly, scams and fraud comprise only 2.5% of all spam email; however, identity theft (which is known as phishing) makes up 73% of this figure.
4. According to a study by the Radicati Research Group Inc., a research firm based in Palo Alto, California, spam costs businesses $20.5 billion annually in decreased productivity as well as in technical expenses
5. However, some researchers believe that based on an estimated current cost of $49 annually per inbox, the total cost of spam for businesses will balloon to $257 billion per year if spam continues to flourish at its current rate.