Kaspersky Lab experts refer to spam as anonymous unsolicited mass mailings. Most of these mailings are adverts, although several categories of spam serve other purposes. “Non-advertising” spam includes one of the most dangerous types of spam – fraudulent messages.

State-of-the-art spam technologies allow spammers to send emails containing fake messages, insert fake sender addresses and use infected machines to send out spam. Unsurprisingly, the use of spam to trick users, as well as the ability to conceal such activity, attracts cybercriminals and fraudsters of all types. The anonymity of spam, i.e., the inability to easily detect those initiating mass mailings, means that cybercriminals can act with impunity, further contributing to the criminalization of spam. The services offered by spammers are actively used by sellers of counterfeit and fake products, those offering illegal services and virus writers. Viruslist.com - Fraudulent spam

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