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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 March, 263 spam complaints were received in total.

Type of spam	Number received
Email	233
SMS (short message service i.e. text message)	30

Origin of spam	Number received
New Zealand	170
Overseas	81

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	130
The message did not contain an unsubscribe facility	55
Contains sexual content	5
I have previously unsubscribed and message continues to be sent	24
Other reasons	69

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