how can i delete my current email address and start a new one and inform my genuine contacts.80%of mail is from scammers wanting my bank account number so they can deposit millions or billions of dollars in it for safekeeping,how can i prevent them from finding my new address?
2006-10-30 05:30:16 · 4 answers · asked by John S 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Quit using your email address for everything you do on the net. Spammers have computers(BOTS) that do nothing but scan web sites and forums for email addresses. You can find much information in Yahoo Help and on the internet to reduce the spam you receive.
One of the best ways is to have Yahoo Mail Plus and use the AddressGuard feature. The Yahoo Site explains how it works. I use it and it is great.
You can establish a new email address and still keep the old one as your spam collector. Give the new address to trusted friends etc. and use the old email address for all other purposes. Set the old address to delete the spam a one week. You can also check it every few days for any legit email that might get sent to it by mistake.
2006-10-30 05:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just sign up for a new address with someone like Yahoo or Hotmail, then send mails to your contacts informing them of the change. If you leave your old account dormant, it will get deleted anyway.
To stop scammers getting your address, keep it private. I have two accounts. One I use for personal emails, and only give it out to people I know. The other I use for signing up to websites and services, so that if they sell my address to scammers its doesn't interfere with anything else.
2006-10-30 13:36:34 · answer #2 · answered by Goffik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will have to do the painful thing manually:
1- get a new address
2- send email to all your contacts to use the new address instead
3- Never signup with your new address in any website, instead use your old address for signup
4- Ask your contacts (kindly) to never give up your new address to anyone
5- You now have 2 addresses, the old one which you use for signing up to website and recieve confirmation adn activation emails on it and the new one which you only use for correspondance with your contacts
You have to defend the new address well, as long as it is never put in a form in any website you are (almost) safe.
2006-10-30 13:38:04 · answer #3 · answered by Max Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a new addy
2006-10-30 13:32:28 · answer #4 · answered by arenaimage 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋