p2pnet.net News:- Crooks bent cashing in on ‘iPod mania’ made an unprecedented debut during December, says Britain’s Clearswift Spam Index.

“News of stock running out in December coincided with the flood of emails claiming to sell limited edition or heavily discounted iPods,” says the firm.

“Some emails even offer them for free in suspicious-looking competitions.”

Now people themselves for an onslaught of lifestyle junk mail, spearheaded by an influx of Mac-inspired spam, says the company, going on:

“Looking back to November, Rolex watch spam could have been an experimental precursor to this current trend: Rolex was the only fashion brand in the index last month, but the latest Index sees the ‘fashion factor’ increasing exponentially.”

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See:-
iPod mania – Style Savvy Spammers target the iPod Generation, Clearswift, January 19, 2005

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