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Old 08-19-2007, 07:35 PM
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Default Avoiding Spam Email

Spam is more than just an annoyance. Lots of internet scams and frauds us e-mail and spam to fish for potential victims. Getting less spam means being exposed to fewer crooks.

1. Use a decent spam filter.

2. Disposable e-mail addresses are great in-box insulators if you want to keep your real address hidden

3. For merchants and legit others you don't regularly correspond with, use free Web mail accounts with spam filtering built in. You can always abandon it if too much spam gets through.

4. Most Web-based sign-up forms require an e-mail address, but it harms nothing to simply enter an entirely bogus address if you don't want to stay in contact with the site and don't need a confirmation e-mail or tech support.

5. Protect your in-box by only giving your e-mail address to people you expect to correspond with regularly.

6. Never, ever answer spam. Ever. Once they have your address they’ll never stop spamming. Ever. Even in you ask nicely. Most of the time they’re robots anyway.

7. When you do sign up for or buy something online and you have to give out an e-mail address, always opt out of everything you're not absolutely sure you want to receive.

8. Don't post your address on guest books, contact lists, newsgroups, chat rooms, and other web sites, as spammers harvest addresses from these sites. Alternately you can use a Web-mail account or a DEA, or fool the harvesting robots by writing the word “at” in the address instead of using the ampersand.

9. Make sure you read and fully understand the Privacy Policy and what a Web site promises to do with your e-mail address.

10. Accept the fact that into every life a little spam must fall, and don’t let it drive you crazy.

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Old 03-20-2008, 06:00 PM
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I've also noticed that you may not want to use ISP addresses. Many ISPs, esp. those from asia are known spam nexuses. ZpDee in the Philippines is one.

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Old 04-17-2009, 11:22 AM
captain kwame captain kwame is offline
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Hello all,

We are the police investigation unit in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire we are here by informing all who have been scamed from this country to please report to us by phone xxxxxxxxxx We are here to investigate and to stop scams in this country so we advise you to help us so that we can stop this scam . inform us and give us every information we might need to put hold of this people.
signed
captain kwame

Yet another interesting post .
To verify your credibility can you please answer the following?
Can you supply us with your official email address ? as the one you signed up with, leads to a UK authority. Why is this?
Can you tell us why your Ip is blacklisted as a known scammer?
What is your rank and ID number ?
What department are you with and what is their address and email and other contact details?
Can you send me a copy of your official charter?
Why would you request any contact be by Phone and not by email, as the original crime was probably committed by email?
Why did you not follow normal netiquette and contact either a mod or admin to present your credentials?
Which department are you a captain of? and their contact details please.
I eagerly await your reply with your details. This would not be a problem with a genuine officer. Thank you scammerslammer.


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Old 04-21-2009, 05:04 PM
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hi

i got a yahoo official letter stating winning money and sent a email to the standard bank official site contact and they sent me an email reply, stating that they forward the info their fraudalent department and get back to me.

I would like to be a detective and perhpas write a really catch the criminal book.
Where us the heroes win, of course


anthony
recent much spam
ps how do i get this spam fileter software

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Old 06-06-2009, 09:36 AM
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in google you can find many soft that protect you from spam

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Old 07-24-2009, 04:03 AM
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Don't take e-mail so seriously.

What do I mean?

If the e-mail is asking for your personal information, delete it!
If the e-mail is claiming that a dead king or anyone is awarding you money, delete it!
If they want you click on a link to submit your personal information, delete it!

A lot of times you will see that scams through e-mail don't ever respond to their e-mails anyway. If you want to see what happens just send them a basic response, chances are no one will respond.

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Old 10-28-2009, 02:30 AM
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They keep coming up wth new junk all the time. They must be working on a few people otherwise these scammer-spammers would cease sending them out.

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