2006-08-04 01:59:32 · 7 answers · asked by fastpitchcoach9 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
You dont! Every time you use your e mail addy to sign up for something it no longer is private! The simple way around this is more than one e mail account. I have two. A personal account and what I call the "Spam me I dont care!" account. I use my isp account as personal and a yahoo account as my spam account. Whenever I need an addy to sign up for something they get my yahoo e mail addy. You can change your primary account name and this will stop the flow of spam. Create your yahoo or whatever you desire as a secondary account and let the spam roll in!
2006-08-04 02:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once your email address is on a spammers list it is almost impossible to get off. Right now, your e-mail address (along with millions of others) is on a CD being sold from the back rooms of software shops from Bangladesh to Botswanna and from Norway to the Netherlands.
However there are several things that you can do to prevent even more spam.
1. Start by removing your e-mail address from your Yahoo profile,if it is on it. The spam-industry has programs that are continusously crawling the web looking for the "@" symbol which is a sure sign the the word before it and the domain name after it is an e-mail address!
2. Use a longer address. The spam industry uses programs that try sending e-mail to all known domain names. Example: a program might start trying to send out e-mails to everyone starting with aaaaa@INVALID.com and continue down to zzzzz@INVALID.com. Using a longer e-mail address will make this harder to do.
3. Never click the "Unsubscribe Link" in any e-mail. This will only confirm to the spammers that your e-mail address is indeed real and that you are reading their garbage. In fact, do not even open any e-mail from anybody you don't know or trust. Many spams are not only annoying but contain viruses of other malware. Just delete 'em without opening 'em!.
You can however click that "Unsubscribe Me" button from businesses that are well known and that you trust. Walmart... yes. Someone selling Viagra...no.
4. Open up a second e-mail account. Whenever, a website requires you to register using your e mail address, use this secondary address. There are many unscrupulous websites that will sell you address to others or bombard you with spam themselves.
5. Download a free copy of SiteAdvisor. SiteAdvisor will alert you when you search (Google, Yahoo, MSN, search only) of websites that are known to send out spam.
Treat your e-mail address just like you would your telephone number or home address....only give it out to those that you absolutely trust!
2006-08-04 02:07:34 · answer #2 · answered by jibberjabbar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These people were found your email address from some sites that you gave it and now that they know it, they send you such emails. What you can do, is to report this emails as spam so each time you receive a spam mail it will go to the spam folder.
2006-08-04 02:06:25 · answer #3 · answered by mariosnew 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume it's one of those emails from Nigeria promising millions if you open an account for them?
If so...it is a very old scam
Do not give them your checking account info or any other personal information...like your full name, address, etc.
2006-08-04 02:05:59 · answer #4 · answered by ModelFlyerChick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
enable's see how this works. the guy gets exams, yet won't deposit them into his very own account. So, there is not any paper path linking him to the exams.) How "genuine" can this be, hmmmmmmm
2016-11-03 21:07:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED ANY WEBSITE YOU MUST FIRST GO AND UNREGISTER AND THEN IF IT WONT COME JUST GO IN YOUR YAHOO MAIL AND CLICK REPORT ABUSE
2006-08-04 02:03:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not possible, once your address/e-mail is out---it's out.
2006-08-04 02:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by Mrsashko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋