by the numbers

72

Percent of all e-mail that’s spam, up from 68 percent a year ago.

$75,000

Cash seized by America Online from a major spammer as part of a settlement last year, which the online service is giving away through a sweepstakes that runs through Aug. 19. Also seized from the spammer, and included in the sweepstakes, is $20,000 in gold bars and a 2003 Hummer H2.