Although e-mails with sexual offers and pornography were the most common kind of Spam that were sent during the first quarter of 2006, representing 24% of total Spam, there have been other growths in the number of e-mails announcing false awards in gambling games such as lottery. The total number of Spam sent in the first three months of the current year increased 18%, compared to last year’s statistics.

Ipswitch, Inc., a company that develops software solutions, announced the results of its last research about Spam, which took place in February, March and April of 2006. According to this study, unsolicited e-mails have grown 5% compared to the last quarter of 2005.

Ipswitch detected that there were mainly four categories of Spam:

1. Pornography – 24%
2. Loans – 18%
3. Medicine – 17%.
4. Electronics / Illegal Software – 16%
5. Lottery and Hazard Games – 10%

Surprisingly, e-mails with sexual offers (or pornographic) were the most common type of Spam sent during the last quarter, totalizing 24% of total Spam, which represents a growth of 18% compared to last year’s statistics.