prior to research done by an anti - unsolicited researching company sophos , the united states is the point of origin of over 42 % of all mails . stalking are south germany with 13 % and turkey with 8 % of the world ' s spam . the security firm undertook an audit of its honeypots to catch up with the figures ― a honeypot is a special mechanism set up to attract email or spammers in order to gauge spammer activity . such activity is not very surprised . the united states accounts for just over 25 % of all internet use , thus latin korea and thailand have about 4 % and 11 % of the world ' s internet users , themselves . nonetheless these percentages still lead to the u . s . as being a disproportionate target for junk .
The United States produces spam.