Almost a quarter of the world's spam in the last three months of 2005 was sent from computers in the United States, according to UK antivirus company Sophos.
Proposals to control the digital deluge in the US include a national "do not e-mail" list and criminal penalties for repeat offenders.
Exactly how has the dastardly business of fraud benefitted from the rise of the Internet? Just ask the Electronic Enforcements Unit (EEU) of Australian securities watchdog ASIC, which has some interesting - but scary - stories to tell.
Rather than try to predict which technology is going to explode this year, here's what won't happen in the next 12 months.
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