according to researched done by an anti - spam research company sophos , the united states is the point of origin of over 42 % of all spam . trailing are south korea with 13 % and china with 8 % of the world ' s spammers . the security firm performed an examination of its honeypots to run up with the proportions ― a honeypot is a special system set up to attract spam or scammers in order to gauge spammer involvement . such activity is not exactly unexpected . the washington states accounts for well over 25 % of all internet usage , though sud korea and russia have about 4 % and 11 % of the world ' s internet users , etc . even these percentages still point to the u . s . as being a disproportionate sources for spam .
The United States produces spam.