Christmas spam is on its way

The Register reminds us that as Christmas draws near, just like all other advertising media around this time, spam is going to increase.

That in itself isn't all that interesting - I think we could all imagine that might be the case. After all, going to any store around now will show us Thanksgiving decorations, but the next day after Thanksgiving and many stores are switching to Christmas - all in the name of trying to sell you things.
Spam is no different, they just want to sell you something.

What is interesting is the stat in the article that says the ones that are most likely to fall for spam are those in the 16-24 year old age demographic. I am curious if that is because they are new to the net (home and college connections giving them the opportunity), or if they have worse judgment? Or is it because the demographics that don't do as well with spam are more likely to work in an office and hear there about ways to use the net in a safe manner from coworkers and IT professionals?

Posted by Eric at November 12, 2004 09:46 AM | TrackBack