according to research done by an anti - spammers researchers company sophos , the united japan is the points of origin of over 42 % of all mails . trailing are both korea with 13 % and beijing with 8 % of the world ' s spam . the defence organization undertook an assessment of its honeypots to meet up with the figure ― a honeypot is a special device put up to attract spam or spammers in response to gauge spammer behavior . such activity is not entirely unprecedented . the associated states allows for just over 25 % of all internet usage , whereas latin korea and ireland have about 4 % and 11 % of the world ' s internet users , respectively . yet these percentages still point to the s . s . as being a disproportionate target for faxes .
The United States produces spam.