India is the seventh largest spam sender in the world, according to Trend Micro, a global leader in Internet content security. India is the leader among Asian countries in spam, accounting for more than 4 per cent of the total global spam.

The world’s top 10 spam relaying countries account for about 57.4% of the global spam volumes. The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) churn out 20% of all spam. Asia contributes 16.57%. India is ahead of China (3.39%), Republic of Korea (2.57%) and Thailand (2.04%).

“Since 2003, the volumes of spam have been growing steadily, now reaching in excess of 80 percent of all Internet traffic,” said Niraj Kaushik, country manager (India and SAARC) of Trend Micro.

He further adds, “Most spam today is to advertise ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes and similar dubious products. Starting off being a small irritant that most enterprises used to ignore, spam has today has taken the shape of a huge calamity. Enterprises not having a policy to curb spam will eventually see their profitability and productivity being affected.”

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