If you think spam e-mails are immensely irritating, then pity the compliance officers at law firms.
They are responsible for reporting to the legal regulators details of any spam e-mails that contain potentially fraudulent information. One lawyer of our acquaintance chuckles that the unhappy man at his firm not only has to deal with the dodgy spams he gets himself, but he also has to go through the ones that come to his colleagues. He must have that letter from the so-called Nigerian central bank governor memorised â not to mention the details of some even less savoury devices and medical treatments.
