"Spammers are turning a profit despite only getting one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send, finds a study. By hijacking a working spam network, US researchers have uncovered some of the economics of being a junk mailer." - 'Study shows how spammers cash in', BBC website, 10 Nov 2008.
Some very dodgy research ethics in there, I note.
"Spammers are turning a profit despite only getting one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send, finds a study.
By hijacking a working spam network, US researchers have uncovered some of the economics of being a junk mailer."
- 'Study shows how spammers cash in', BBC website, 10 Nov 2008.