Well it would probably be something relating to how people respond to it or how many people respond or the types of people who might respond since there would be no spam at all if 100% of the people spammed did not respond in anyway at all. The only way to get real specific data is to conduct an experiment yourself or cite data from someone else who has conducted an experiment. You could try asking the spammers to give you their data but I don't think they'd be particularly helpful.
In regards to my friend they were actually researching responses to pshing spam email with a whole system setup that would let them get to the point just before sending their details away before it would inform the victims that it was an experiment, at which point no information would be sent and instead a web page advising about computer security was displayed. Regards Ruben > What.... PhD student sends SPAM emails to get data on SPAM!!!! > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 28/11/2012, at 4:58 PM, Dark1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's probably a student trying to collect data for a study on spam. One of >> my mates used to send out those kinds of things when he was doing his PhD >> >> Regards >> Ruben >> >>> got this one as well... >>> >>> plus i have not used western union in my life... >>> >>> immediately deleted after i had a little internal chuckle to myself about >>> the 'from'. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Daniel Kerr" <[email protected]> >>> To: "WAMUG" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 28 November, 2012 9:29:47 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / >>> Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi >>> Subject: Fwd: Gotta love this "spammer" >>> >>> Just for something different,…. with all the spam come through lately, you >>> gotta love the "from" address on this one,…. >>> (I took out part of the server address and click link just for "safety") >>> >>> If the email didn't warn you, then you'd hope the from address would,…hehe >>> :) >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Daniel >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone 4s >>> >>> --- >>> Daniel Kerr >>> MacWizardry >>> >>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>> Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> >>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>> >>> >>> **For everything Apple** >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: a.dumbass.spammer@jokeitem.<part_removed>.net >>>> Subject: Account Access Limited >>>> Date: 28 November 2012 6:52:07 AM AWST >>>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Dear Western Union client, >>>> >>>> Most of our customers have been complaining about their online accounts >>>> being used by third parties. In order to avoid unauthorized account usage >>>> and to increase fraud prevention, we developed a more secure database >>>> where our customer's profile information will be stored. >>>> >>>> All our clients are required to confirm their online accounts by accessing >>>> our online form on the following link: >>>> >>>> <Click line removed> >>>> >>>> Please note that this security update is only intended for our members >>>> protection. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Joshua D. Roming, >>>> IT Executive, >>>> Western Union Australia. >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121128/6642690f/attachment.htm >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
