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Old 29 October 2009, 06:49 AM
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Computer Pharmacy scam accounts for 70% of spam

Pharm spam -- messages pitching fake pharmaceutical drugs -- is swamping the Internet. Antivirus giant McAfee issued a report finding that 70% of spam in September 2009 came from scammers directing recipients to websites for a bogus Canadian drug retailer.

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