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30 Percent Of New Major Social Networks Accounts Are Fraudulent »

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According to anti-spam firm Cloudmark, in six months leading up to March 2008, social networking sites saw a fourfold growth in the amount of spam on their networks. At several major social networking sites, 30% of new accounts created are automated fraudulent "zombie" accounts, designed to be used for spam and other malicious attacks.

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