Spam

True

False

They don't make money

They infect your machine with ransomware

If a spam recipient buys something via links included, the spammer gets a percentage of the sale.

They sell your email to other suppliers of legitimate goods

1 million

18 million

1 billion

200 million

25.5%

56.5%

89.2%

10%

1999

2010

1978

USA

Russia

China

UK

If you get an email that looks like it’s from someone you know, you can click on any links as long as you have a spam filters and AV software.

You can trust an email really comes from a client if it uses the client’s logo and contains at least one truthful fact about the client that you know.

In an emergency , a colleague asks for your password via a message, so you should give it.

An email from your Human Resources is asking you to provide personal information right away, you should check/ring first to make sure they are who they say are.

An Internet service provider that doesn't care if their members distribute spam.

An organization dedicated to stemming the distribution of spam

Grube

Spamhaus

Terrgrube

UCE

sending messed up emails

incompleted text

uses SMS to trick you into providing private information

email spam