another source of spam

those "e-mail a friend" / "tell a friend" links which many websites utilize to generate traffic and word-of-mouth could be a source of spam, according to UK advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority. the overly lax policy of identification and verification lends itself to bogus emails.

it's not necessarily as dangerous as viruses and malware, but another annoyance on the web

¶ - nitish @ 1:26 PM