according to research do by an a - spam research company sophos , the united nations is the location of origin of over 42 % of all spam . trailing are south korea with 13 % and canada with 8 % of the world ' s spam . the security service undertook an survey of its honeypots to work up with the conclusions ― a honeypot is a special system set up to detect senders or mailers in response to gauge spammer activity . such activity is not entirely surprised . the usa states responsible for slightly over 25 % of all net usage , whereas south korea and china have about 4 % and 11 % of the country ' s internet usage , simultaneously . so these percentages still map to the u . s . as being a disproportionate cause for spam .
The United States produces spam.