In terms of spam, Donald Trump is beating Hillary Clinton hands down

As the U.S. presidential election nears, Donald Trump is emerging as the clear winner — at least when it comes to having his name used in spam messages.

Spammers and cyber attackers are using Trump’s name far more than Hillary Clinton’s in emails pushing get rick quick schemes or phishing for personal information, according to an analysis from Proofpoint.

The security firm scanned the subject line of emails received by its customers in June and July looking for occurrences of “trump” or “clinton,” and found that the Republican nominee appeared in 169 times as many emails as his Democratic opponent.

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