Most spammed man in the UK ... no he doesn't want any viagra
Everyone thinks they get a lot of spam emails, but meet Colin Wells, he gets over 44,000 EVERY DAY.
Colin says his spam problem became so bad he could not stop checking his mail even when on holiday - because there would be too manny when he got back.
Arriving at a rate of one every second his inbox could fill up with offers of cheap viagra and penis enlargements within minutes and it took him over two hours per day just to delete them.
Colin, a workshop foreman for Stagecoach buses says he considered changing his email address but he uses it as his username on a number of sites.
"44,000 emails per day meant spending at least hours every day selecting junk emails, taking a week holiday would have been an complete nightmare," he said.
Now using a spam filter so that while he still gets the emails they do not end up in his inbox, Colin added: "My only other option was to change my email address which I’ve had for years,"
"It is connected to all my log-on details for various sites, but it was getting to the point where I couldn’t see any other alternative."
Spam mail expert Dan Field, from ClearMyMail said: "Mr Wells receives about 0.01% of legitimate emails and his spam stats are getting bigger and bigger.
"Email spam and fraud is a growing problem and one that generic filters cannot deal with."
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Jeff Turner