In 2020, healthcare-related spam e-mails accounted for nearly 33 percent of total spam volume. Spam e-mails with adult content were the second-most common category, around 27 percent. Dating-related junk mail generated approximately 10 percent of spam messages in the same period.
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Trustwave. (May 19, 2021). Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/
Trustwave. "Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2020." Chart. May 19, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/
Trustwave. (2021). Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/
Trustwave. "Most Prevalent Spam Content Categories Worldwide in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/
Trustwave, Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Most prevalent spam content categories worldwide in 2020 [Graph], Trustwave, May 19, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263452/most-common-content-of-spam-messages-worldwide-by-category/