Why is there so much RMT spam?

[Avarghaladion]

The spam exists because it's profitable. There is a big enough population that buys. Add this onto how there is no easy drop down command to report the spammers and you have a situation where the spammers go crazy. If you want to end it, blacklist anyone you know of that buys from them. It's about the only thing we can do as players with how bad the reporting system is.

While the reporting process could be streamlined, I report every single RMT spammer I get a /t or see a /shout from and /t spammers disappear in minutes, if I see another /t from them at all. Shout spammers don't seem to get handled so quickly... At any rate, reporting them does work, and very quickly at that.