South Florida: Spam Capital Of World

In a recent article at Local10.com, there are more spammers in the South Florida tri-county than anywhere else on earth. And so, South Florida has earned a new title as “Spam Capital of the World.”

According to the watchdog group Spamhaus, more than a quarter of about 180 hardcore spammers are based in Florida, and most of them are in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.

The tri-county area is home to more spammers than any country, according to the watch dog group. And it's not just the annoying pitches for mortgages and sex pills. Increasingly, law enforcement officials are finding that junk e-mail is a favored weapon of predators and an easy way for criminals to target a world of potential victims from behind a wall of anonymity.

The city with the most spammers in the world is Boca Raton. Eleven are listed by Spamhaus as based there, though anti-spam groups say they think that figure misses dozens who send spam at least part-time.

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