Spam costs American consumers and firms nearly $20 billion each year.

43% of adults in the U.S. said that more than half of their emails are from marketers.

87 billion spam emails were sent out every day in Q3 of 2012.

Marketing emails are responsible for 70% of This Is Spam complaints.

Spam averaged 74% of all emails sent during Q3 of 2012.

40% of social media accounts are spam.

8% of social media posts are spam.

3.5 billion tweets posted to Twitter every day are spam.

69% of those who are texters say they get unwanted spam or text messages.

Charity Showcase

In celebration of American Heart Month (February) . . . The American Heart Association works to teach people how to identify heart attacks and strokes as well as funds research and treatment for heart disease. Donate via http://www.americanheart.org, or by calling 800-242-8721.

Curator: John Kremer