Spam
Spam is a Beast
I receive approximately 5,000 emails containing spam each and every day. Well, maybe not that many, but it sure seems close to that figure. Spam is spiraling out of control and shows no signs of stopping. The question is, where does spam come from, and can you do anything about it?
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Investment Spam is Dangerous
Since the year 2004, there has been a sharp increase in the amount of investment spam we are receiving in our inbox. I personally receive up to 10 emails per day containing offers or lures to invest in various scams. It is estimated that millions of dollars are lost every year by people […]
How To Recognize And Prevent Pfishing Scams
Have you ever received e-mail messages that threaten to close your PayPal or Ebay account unless you send them information? It’s a scam called “phishing.” It is pronounced “fishing.” It means what it says. Internet scam artists are fishing for information. It comes from Internet fraudsters who send spam or […]
Phishing For Your Identity
Who hasn’t received an email directing them to visit a familiar website where they are being asked to update their personal information? The website needs you to verify or update your passwords, credit card numbers, social security number, or even your bank account number. You recognize the business name as one that you’ve […]
The Spam Dilemma
We have all had this experience. You log into your email account and discover that you have some new messages. Fervent with anticipation, you open your inbox, only to find nothing but solicitations and spam.
Most of the spam that I get in my inbox is abhorrent, but I still like to look at […]
Identifying Spam When it Arrives
Most of us have opened our email program and found, alongside correspondence from people that we know, offers for products from commercial web sites. Some of these emails we expect. We have asked to be notified of sales and other opportunities or joined a mailing list offered by the company. Many times, […]
Mail Server Blacklists and Spam
A white-list is a list of email senders whom you trust and would like to receive mail from. Conversely, a blacklist contains those that are not to be trusted. Blacklists need to be configured and administered on a server, at the ISP (Internet Service Provider) level or on your network. If you […]
Protect Your Email Address From Spammers
Spam only occurs when the spammer is able to get your email address. They have a variety of methods for doing this, some legal and some not. Either way, the result is the same. You have become a spam victim. The single most important action that you can take to prevent […]
Recognizing Spam Scams Tutorial
Spam advertising for legitimate service and products is problematic enough. Although the issues that apply to the transmission and receipt of such spam are the same, the worst category of spam is for scams, hoaxes, and illegal schemes. Being aware of the common practices employed by spammers who are seeking to defraud you […]
Stop Spam E-mails
In order to be able to stop Spam E-mails you have to know where those spam e-mails are coming from. Spam e-mails are ones that so called “spammers” send to addresses that they find from forums, websites, Usenet groups, chat services and other places. They might also find these addresses at job sites or other […]
