Spammers are going for Gold for the most spam messages sent Major events happening around the world, such as this year’s Beijing Olympics, always spark a sudden increase in spam messages. Secure Computer, a security vendor, has announced that they have seen a big increase in spam messages in the past few weeks related to the Beijing Olympics. They go on to say that they have seen as many as 360 million of these messages show up online recently. Most of us know how spam email messages can be misconstrued due to the subject naming. Why use "Olympic" titled messages to spam people? (via)