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The Anti-Spam Compliance Unit provides statistical information about spam complaints and enforcement action.

During the month of March, 245 spam complaints were received in total.

Type of spam	Number received
Email	214
SMS (short message service i.e. text message)	31

Origin of spam	Number received
New Zealand	72
Overseas	153

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	85
The message did not contain an unsubscribe facility	57
Contains sexual content	2
I have previously unsubscribed and message continues to be sent	27
Other reasons	145

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

Number of formal warnings issued to date (2009/2010)

23

Note: These statistics relate to information on the Enforcement Action page.