UK is the favourite target for Nigerian spam

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UK surfers receive nearly a quarter of the global total of Nigerian spam emails

Spam is a global problem UK web users are the most likely to be targeted by fraudulent spam emails from Nigeria, according to a survey by McAfee. UK surfers receive nearly a quarter (23 per c...

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