English Spam Floods Japanese Cell Phones

A large volume of English-language junk messages - marketing male impotence drugs- has been sent to Japanese mobile phones from overseas since late last month, according to Wireless Watch Japan.

"According to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry, unsolicited e-mails have been sent to mobile phones in Japanese before, but this is the first confirmed instance of English-language junk e-mails."

emily | 10:54 AM | Spam, Viruses and Hoaxes |
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