We now filter more than 50 million spam emails a day. Hard to believe, I know. Spam feels like it should be a thing of the past. Who falls for this stuff anymore? That is a question people constantly ask me. Well, here is an incredible example.
A Leamington man has fallen prey to international scam artists who strung him along for more than a year with the promise of millions in cash, but ultimately bilked him and his family of $150,000.
John Rempel said he quit his truck driving job, lost friends, borrowed money and crossed the globe in pursuit of a non-existent inheritance, after he was contacted by e-mail in what is known as a Nigerian 419 scam.
The bottom line is that spammers will continue to spam if they can make money from it. A sad but true fact of life.
Wow, I knew that we do get a lot of spam but did not realize that much. Good to know that our spam filter is strong enough to filter all those bad emails out so our customers do not get into a situation like John Rempel.
Jeff
Posted by: Jeff | January 22, 2009 at 02:25 AM