Spam emails!!!?

Question

I keep getting loads of emails from the US, I think, that look like they are all about stocks and shares. Then I get returned mail messages where they are using my email address. What is the point of all this? I sometimes get 40 emails at a time. Are these spammers bored or something? Does anyone else get them?

Answer 1

yah..most of the people will receive spam mails..but if u increase the spam filter level to a higher level then the amount of spam that u get will decrease..and when u get spam mail, instead of deleting them directly, mark them as spam mail so that next time they will directly go to ur spam or junk folder..

Answer 2

These spam messages are most likely coming from another virus infected computer.

One of the reasons they write a program like this is to make money. The virus writers actually sell time on their bot networks to spammers.

The spammer will bounce the messages off of the unsuspecting victim to conceal his tracks. He spoofs the from address by using addresses out of the address list.

Spam blockers out there are blocking some messages with a spoofed from address which happens to be your address. These spam blockers think that you are sending out the spam. This is the source of your returned messages.

Unfortunately, there is not much you can do about it other than changing you email address.

Spammers buy, sell, and trade their mailing lists. So soon after you get on one list, you are on many.

Never reply to or opt-out of one of these messages. It only confirms to the spammer that they have a live one.

If your mail client program will support it, I suggest a good spam blocker.

As a starting point, I suggest trying Comodo Anti-Spam. I have had very good success with their products and they are FREE.

Answer 3

Yes, this is very annoying. I think some one has given my e-mail address to some thing like this(I have never done any of these surveys or things,) I just delete them all with out opening them .In the last 24hrs, I have had a batch of 49 another of 57 another of 17 another of 23 another of 14another of 34. I was on my computer until 3am, and when I returned to check my mail at 8.30.am I had another28. It is now 14.27pm. I returned to do some work and found another39. What on earth is happening?

Answer 4

If you are using Yahoo for your email do this.

How to enable Spam protection in Yahoo Mail

Log into your Yahoo mail account

Left click on Options

Left click on Spam Protection

Turn SpamGuard ON

Set Immediately delete these messages ON

Check the box in front of Add the sender's email address to my blocked addresses list

Left click on the radio button in front of Block images in messages that SpamGuard thinks are spam

Left click on Save Changes

Answer 5

Could be the fault of someone in your address book. I keep an address list in a seperate folder, but not in my email service.

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or
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Answer 6

i get loads of the things they drive me insane, and have caused arguments as my hubby who is PC illiterate thinks i have visited these sites and have signed up for stuff... "cos how else would the have your email address" an those Viagra ones , oh my god the rows they cause but have followed the advice on blocking them ,,, although i thought i had done this so hopefully each time i check my mail i wont have loads of em
thank you

Answer 7

Youve oviously typed your email address into a site or forum and someone (or the site owner themself) has signed you up for all these emails. The point on this is profit for them, if you click on them they get money, if you signup they get money. I get these sometimes (Normally Viagra Emails) the only way to escape it is to create a new email address.

Answer 8

I used to get them but now I filter them out so I don't ever see them. I think they send them to everyone on the basis that even if one in a thousand reply they will make a profit

Answer 9

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