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Where does spam come from?

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Spam includes any bulk email you get. But most people think of spam as unsolicited email, which is typically sent by online marketers or via a virus. Most spam is sent by a small number of spammers and it’s often sent by botnets, which are networks of computers taken over by viruses.

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