Behodar:I saw that article too, although I don't remember where.

Maybe someone reading this report - https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-says-search-got-much-better-at-identifying-spam-sites-last-year/ 

SpamBrain led to a 70% reduction in hacked spam, Google said. 

Or this one - https://dataprot.net/statistics/spam-statistics/

11.) The United States is home to 7 of the world’s top 10 spammers. 

As if we didn't know.

18.) As many as 6% of spam scams use fax machines.

When did you last use a FAX machine? For me, about 30+ years ago.

Google Search touts ‘major reductions’  https://9to5google.com/2022/04/21/google-search-spam-2021/

Webspam Report is here to highlight progress in keeping “spam and malicious content away from Search” over the course of 2021.

Do some more searching and all of the items say more spam is being received.

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