Vnunet reports that SoftScan is predicting a 40% surge in spam mail this September. The increase will supposedly target students returning to school after this summer break.

“It is a pattern we have seen in previous years, but this September looks as if it will be the largest increase yet,” said Diego d’Ambra, chief technology officer at SoftScan.

“Although we cannot predict with absolute certainty that this tendency for an increase in spam in September will continue, there are some strong indications.

“Spammers are constantly improving their methods to get past the filters. Last autumn it was image spam, but this year they have switched their attention to document and e-card spam.”

Ready your spamfilters and never open suspected spam email. Moreover, never click on links in spam or buy anything advertised in it as it’s almost certainly a scam and only encourages spammers to send you and everyone else more spam messages.

[Security experts brace for September spam deluge]

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