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How do I start receiving scam emails?
So, here are the five simple ways you can take to help eliminate spam emails.
- Mark as spam.
- Delete spam emails.
- Keep your email address private.
- Use a third-party spam filter.
- Change your email address.
- Unsubscribe from email lists.
How do I deal with a scam email?
Report internet scams and phishing
- Suspicious emails. Forward the email to [email protected].
- Text messages. Forward the text message to 7726 – it’s free.
- Adverts.
- If you think you’ve been a victim of an online scam or fraud.
- Avoid misleading government websites, emails and phone numbers.
Why am I getting so many spam emails from Africa?
An increasing volume of spam consists of e-mail from a person who represents himself or herself as having some African affiliation, and who is soliciting you to help him or her transfer illegally obtained or questionable funds out of a nation in Africa. (Some more recent e-mails purport to involve moving money out of Afghanistan.)
What are spam emails and how to stop them?
Spam emails are unsolicited messages, usually sent out for advertising purposes. However, some of these emails are also designed to steal your personal information, like your bank details. If you’re tired of receiving these kinds of messages, here’s how to stop spam emails and get rid of the ones that are currently clogging up your inbox.
Who is to blame for spam?
Thus, the major blame for spam is the people who buy from the spammers, making it profitable for the criminals to continue filling your mailbox with garbage.
Is it worth it to encourage spam?
If only 1 recipient out of million messages buys from the spammer (and that is approximately the number), and you are one of those buyers, that pretty much makes you responsible for a million more spam messages coming into mailboxes — yours and everyone else’s. Is that what you really want? It is simply not worth it to encourage spammers.