Drawbacks of SPAM

• Spam emails lead to identity thefts, viruses, frauds, and criminal scams

• Reduces productivity and safety

• Led to decreased public confidence and trust in Internet communications

• Can be offensive, such as pornagraphy

• Loss of privacy

• Completely untheical and under some laws it can be considered illegal

• Huge annoyance to Internet users

• Spammers hide their identities so its hard to track who they are

• A pervasive and growing problem

• Spam attacks has increased in the United States, as shown in the picture on the right