Table of Contents Introduction So How Does a Spammer Benefit by Sending You Spam Viruses and Malware Recognizing Fraudulent Spam Messages Who Are These Spammers? Email Marketing - Spam Effect Spam After Effects on Email Marketing Scare Tactics Protect Yourself from Spam Spam Combat Ideas Desktop Alert Applications and Programs? The CAN -SPAM Act Eliminating Spam Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction For all those, who cannot do without their computers, especially the Internet, spam happens to be a part and parcel of their daily life. The real meaning of spam is to describe tinned meat, which is made up of ham. Well, the modern-day version of spam - 99.9% ham and 1% hot air - is you getting unsolicited and irrelevant messages and others such associated junk on your computer, smartphone or tablet.