June 25, 2009 is a day that is etched in the memory of Michael Jackson fans worldwide. Jackson's death took a lot of people by surprise—the spammers included. However, it took spammers just a few hours to take advantage of this tragedy. Within hours, Symantec had discovered a mass-mailing worm and concert-ticket-offer spam messages using the news of Michael Jackson's death as bait. The worm was designed to send out spam emails with the subject “Remembering Michael Jackson” and an attachment named “Michael songs and pictures.zip.” The concert ticket offer spam messages were used to request recipients’ information in exchange for (bogus offers of) reimbursement for a ticket for the Michael Jackson concerts that were due to start July 13, 2009. In the weeks that followed, spam related to Michael Jackson easily exceeded President Obama-related spam and accounted for approximately two percent of all spam messages sent during this time. Michael Jackson-related spam messages became one of the top current event spam attacks of 2009 as spammers endeavored to create a vehicle to gain access to users’ inboxes. As the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death approaches, it seems that spammers are still prepared to use his memory as part of their spam mechanism. A recent spam example observed by Symantec promotes the sale of “The Official Michael Jackson Commemorative Anniversary Coin In Loving Memory of Michael Jackson.” Following the format of a bad infomercial, for Just $19.95, plus shipping and handling, a "customer" may receive this commemorative coin. The customer is asked to provide a plethora of personal information to secure this coin, including of course, credit card information. Considering that spam messages continued to make up 90 percent of all email messages in May 2010, it is clear that spammers are willing to recycle certain spam campaigns and spam tactics in an effort to increase their return on investment.