Over the last week or two Gmail spam filtering seems to have taken a turn for the worse. Gmail is normally very good at preventing spam getting to your inbox but recently many messages that appear to be OBVIOUS spam have been deluging the Gmail inbox. So why is the Gmail spam filter not working?
Repeated messages offering Russian wives, gambling accounts and medicines with clear text in the email are being received direct into inboxes not spam.
Messages received recently include the text below
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Dear Gentleman!
You've got 46 more fresh messages from girls at our site today:
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I do not know if this is related but starting Sunday (2/6/11) I've gotten loads of SPAM to my Gmail Inbox, however it all appears to be from Forums... 3,500 messages a day... i've reported it all to Gmail using the 'Report Spam' button but it hasn't helped yet.
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