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The Anti-Spam Compliance Unit provides statistical information about spam complaints including the type of spam, its origin and the reason for the complaint.

During the month of August, 155 spam complaints were received in total.

Type of spam	Number received
Email	139
SMS (short message service i.e. text message)	16

Origin of spam	Number received
New Zealand	65
Overseas	57

Note: These figures will not match the total number of complaints made during the month as they relate to other methods of reporting (including complaints made using our online Complaints Form).

Complaint reason	Number received
I did not subscribe to this	76
The message did not contain an unsubscribe facility	62
Contains sexual content	14
I have previously unsubscribed and message continues to be sent	12
Other reasons	49

Note: Complainants are able to tick more than one reason for their complaint.