As I notice more and more spam in my inbox and more and more people attempting to spam a website I help out with.. it makes me wonder.. Is spamming only going to get worse?

It seems logical to me that it will as economy has not improved much at all. Jobs are hard to find - particulary in technical fields - and people get more desperate...

For a laid-off technical person spamming may seem like a good temporary solution to a bad situation, after all it has to generate some results -- otherwise so many wouldn't do it. The recent stories of Alan Ralsky and his new home purchased with spam-earned income won't help this any.

So given a relatively easy to deploy possible income generator, I think more and more people will go this route.. It's surely unethical and slimey.. but better than stealing.