After analysing a staggering 1.2billion bogus messages over a five-month period, the teams found that those in the US were the biggest targets. In fact, of all the dangerous messages sent a whopping 42 percent were aimed at the inboxes of Americans. However, don't feel too smug if you live in the UK as Brits were the next big targets with 10 percent of emails being pushed to users. Next, it was Japan with five percent of all attacks. Along with revealing details on which countries are worst affected by these campaigns the research has also exposed what adds to your chances of getting one of these messages in your Gmail inbox.