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Mark Moses

 
By Mark Moses
Published on Saturday 21st 2009
 
There are many people who are frustrated by the amount of spam in their inbox. There are many reasons why you could be receiving a lot of scam. It's important that you understand what the common causes are and how to take the necessary measures to reduce and prevent further spamming experiences.
There are many people who are frustrated by the amount of spam in their inbox. There are many reasons why you could be receiving a lot of scam. It's important that you understand what the common causes are and how to take the necessary measures to reduce and prevent further spamming experiences.

Giving your email to an online company - Many sites request that you provide them with an electronic address in order to create an account or become a member. Most of these online companies will promise not to sell or distribute this information, but some of them lie and will sell it to a spammer.

Posting your address on the Internet - If you have included your e mail on your social networking profile page or on a personal or business webpage, etc, spam-experts can collect them using a technology, such as a spider bot that crawls through the web gathering this data.

Chatrooms - Names can be harvested from chat-rooms, which enables unscrupolous people to target mailing lists.

Responding to phony emails - Another common SPAM method that is used is fooling a person to provide their valid e-addresses is an 'exciting offer' or free gift that seems legitimate. This type of hoax is commonly concealed as a chain letter and usually falsely claims to be associated with a well respected business to further lure people into the trap.

There are many more ways in which spam-artists can obtain your information. That said, despite the many different methods, you need to know how to take control of your e-mails so you can put a stop, or reduce the amount of junk you've been receiving. Here are a few tips on how to go about it:
  • Only give out your personal or professional email to friends or clients, don't post it online.
  • Specifically create an account that you can use when signing up for things online that require valid data. That way most of the bulk messages you get will be contained within one account.
  • Whenever possible, use a fake electronic-mailing-address if you are ever asked to provide one.
  • Use the junk or bulk mail filters that are offered by your web mail provider to keep your inbox free from unwanted messages.