14%
The percentage of spam messages that do not have an operational opt-out capability (MailFrontier Research).

27%
The percentage of spam messages that use a hidden “Customer ID” to determine if you have opened on a given spam message (MailFrontier Research).

81,000
The number of computer viruses in existence today (McAfee).

2 Billion
The estimated number of spam email messages sent each day.

500
The average number of new viruses discovered each month (McAfee).

$11 Billion
The 2002 to 2003 increase in the annual cost of spam to US corporations. In 2002, U.S. companies spent $8.9 Billion handling spam.  In 2003, they spent over $20 billion dealing with spam-related issues (Ferris Research).

$874
The average annual cost in lost productivity to spam per employee (Nucleus Research).

$60 Billion
The cost of identity theft to US corporations over the last 5 years (Federal Trade Commission).

79%
The growth in identity theft from June 2002 to June 2003 (Gartner).

$500
Cost for one spammer to send out 1 million spam email messages.  By comparison, sending 1 million letters via US Mail would cost at least $240,000.