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Election-themed spam spikes as U.S. presidential race comes to an end

Researchers have been scanning spam messages for mentions of trump and Clinton since June 2016. Donald Trump has absolutely dominated all election-related spam messages. Spam messages that mention her alone or both candidates now account for almost 17 percent of election-themed spam. The first presidential debate was followed by five days of steadily increasing volumes for both Clinton- and Trump-themed emails. On 8 November, Americans will elect their new president, which means all of this election spam is about to end.”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/election-themed-spam-spikes-presidential-election-closes/

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