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Most of us get spam trying to sell us things, most commonly prescriptions, cheap mortgage rates, online gambling and other, more “adult” topics. Most of us just delete them or hit the “spam” button and move on. There are some other types of spam that are a little more serious, however. One well-known example, circulating for [...] If you use e-mail at all, chances are you receive spam messages from time to time, probably more often than you realize. Most e-mail providers filter spam and send it to a “junk mail” folder where it is never seen or accessed. Many e-mail boxes receive hundreds of spam messages each day. Spamming is the [...] If you have an e-mail address, there’s a good chance that you are already familiar with spam. As of 2006, over 40% of the e-mail sent on the Internet was unsolicited, junk e-mail intended for commercial purposes, better known as spam. The average person receives over 100 spam e-mail messages every day. E-mail service providers [...] Google seems to have tweaked their spam filters a bit in the last few days. I’ve noticed several messages that shouldn’t be tagged as spam going into the spam folder, a problem that I haven’t had on Gmail for quite a while. As a matter of fact, I don’t even check it that often because of [...] Phishing is a common email scam where criminals send emails that appear to be from a legitimate source, such as your bank or Paypal, trying to get you to give up your username and password. The message usually says something like “We have detected an attempted fraud using your account. Please log in and confirm that [...] How much spam do you receive in your inbox every day? 10 messages? 50 messages? More? Personally, I get well over 100 spam emails every day. My anti-spam filter gets most of them out of my inbox, but at some point during the day I need to scan the spam mailbox in case it flagged a message [...] Today is Black Friday – historically the real start of the Christmas shopping season. Over the next month or so, you’re going to be inundated with advertising for all the wonderful toys, gadgets and other things that you Just Can’t Live Without. And spammers know it. They ramp up their “advertising” as well at this time [...] |
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