The main danger of spam is how scammers and other bad actors can use spam to launch many other kinds of cyberattacks. To start off, spam is annoying and degrades any user’s online experience. Moreover, spam messages can come with attachments that are infected with malware. Once the user downloads the attachment, the malware can infect the user’s device as well. Spam can also help cybercriminals launch phishing attacks. An expertly crafted spam message can hook users into clicking on a link to go to a website to buy some miracle product only to find that the website is a fraudulent version of a legitimate website. Another danger of spam is spear-phishing attacks where cybercriminals target individual users with legitimate personal information to increase the chances of a successful attack. Modern-day scammers are able to use spam texts to target more mobile users as well. Multiple data breaches over the last decade have provided hackers with millions of phone numbers of people living in various parts of the world. Using advanced software, hackers can send spam messages to pretty much everyone; that is another danger. Apart from spam messages tricking users into downloading malware or visiting malicious websites, there is also the danger of users losing personal information and having their online identity stolen.