UK lottery scam
Half of all spam involves lottery scams making them one of the fastest growing areas of cyber-crime, according to research commissioned by Microsoft across Germany, Italy, Denmark, the UK and The Netherlands.
The problem is worse in the UK where around 62 per cent of spam emails are lottery scams.
Disturbingly, 16 per cent of those who received 'lottery spam' opened at least some of them, and 10 per cent have replied to one of these emails and 20 per cent admitted to clicking on links inside the emails.
The problem is worse in the UK where around 62 per cent of spam emails are lottery scams.
Disturbingly, 16 per cent of those who received 'lottery spam' opened at least some of them, and 10 per cent have replied to one of these emails and 20 per cent admitted to clicking on links inside the emails.
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