- Facts about spam - definition and apparition of spam - 64% of daily emails are spam out of 196.3 emails sent globally - It would take someone 150 years to read all the spam emails received worldwide in one day if reading one message per second - spam causes 20,100,00 tons of CO2 per year - 1st spam sent in 1978 - China, the USA and South Korea account for 54% of all spam - Spam filters look at: the message type, the subject line, the body copy, the sender and the end user feedback - most popular email spam categories are: adult/sex/dating, pharmaceutical, watches/jewelry and weight loss topics