In Europe, Auto Spam Translation Kicks In

An anonymous reader writes "While spam levels globally remain at a two-year high of approximately 90 percent, some European countries are seeing levels of over 95%. According to a new MessageLabs report (PDF here), countries such as Germany, France and the Netherlands are being heavily targeted by spammers with automated spam translation techniques. The use of automated translation services enables multiple-language spam runs and is responsible for a 13% increase in spam levels in these countries since May."

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Primera Publicar

[4D6963]

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[ciderVisor]

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Hallo!

[Canazza]

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Re:Primera Publicar

[dkleinsc]

It could be much worse:

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Re:99.9% of my gmail spam is US based

[Anonymous Coward]

so, nothing of value lost, then ...