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if I unsubscribe from junk email dont they HAVE to stop sending it to me?
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I always thought that if you request SPAM junk email from a particular sender that they had to stop sending it.
I stupidly filled in my email address on an advert on facebook and have been inundated daily with slimming and money spam emails. I unsubscribe all of them yet they keep coming. They are all distributed by the same company in america yet are advertising british businesses. The contact email addresses for the american company dont work.
How can I stop them? Our IT chap has already blocked the email address they all come from but they keep coming!
I stupidly filled in my email address on an advert on facebook and have been inundated daily with slimming and money spam emails. I unsubscribe all of them yet they keep coming. They are all distributed by the same company in america yet are advertising british businesses. The contact email addresses for the american company dont work.
How can I stop them? Our IT chap has already blocked the email address they all come from but they keep coming!
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Strictly speaking, yes they should unsubscribe you, but it won't happen and they'll just sell your email address on to other spammers.
The only way to stop it is to change your email address and be careful where you use it.
Many people have two email addresses. One for genuine use and another free one like hotmail or googlemail which they use for registering on sites like this or filling in adverts like you did then it doesn't matter if the free one fills up with spam.
The only way to stop it is to change your email address and be careful where you use it.
Many people have two email addresses. One for genuine use and another free one like hotmail or googlemail which they use for registering on sites like this or filling in adverts like you did then it doesn't matter if the free one fills up with spam.
The problem is these spammers could be based anywhere in the world. The UK or the USA may make laws about it but they have no jurisdiction in China, for example.
Add all the addresses to your spam filter. If the email address is something like [email protected] use @@cheapnnastyspammer.com as the filter - then all emails from that domain should be deleted. Don't do that with @hotmail,@gmail or anything like that, as you'll be deleting lots of genuine mail too.
Add all the addresses to your spam filter. If the email address is something like [email protected] use @@cheapnnastyspammer.com as the filter - then all emails from that domain should be deleted. Don't do that with @hotmail,@gmail or anything like that, as you'll be deleting lots of genuine mail too.
Thanks Ethel.. a mine of information as always!
I know Square bear thats the problem is actually preventing it.... though I took Ethels advice (again) and have blocked the email on my spam filter.. so far so good!
The thing is if they are clever.. they can send it from another email address but it will look like it has come from the old one... that makes it difficult to ban and block!
Let that be a lesson to me.. never ever fill in your email address in online adverts!!!
I know Square bear thats the problem is actually preventing it.... though I took Ethels advice (again) and have blocked the email on my spam filter.. so far so good!
The thing is if they are clever.. they can send it from another email address but it will look like it has come from the old one... that makes it difficult to ban and block!
Let that be a lesson to me.. never ever fill in your email address in online adverts!!!
Nosha - get yourself another email address, such as gmail or hotmail and use that for websites that request an email address.
Keep one email address purely for family, friends and legitimate business.
To keep spam to a minimum do not use a name or even a proper word as your user name. My proper email address is my very first motorbike registration number with a few random characters. It gets very very little spam.
Spammers work by generating hundreds of thousands of emails to random addresses, in the hope some are real and they tend to use proper names.
Keep one email address purely for family, friends and legitimate business.
To keep spam to a minimum do not use a name or even a proper word as your user name. My proper email address is my very first motorbike registration number with a few random characters. It gets very very little spam.
Spammers work by generating hundreds of thousands of emails to random addresses, in the hope some are real and they tend to use proper names.
I run a website and what I tend to do is to set up fake email addresses for sites such as answerbank and use them when I reigister. So for this site I would register under [email protected] then I know that if I get any spam to that address, it's come from the admins of this site giving my email details away.
For example, if I were to fill in the advert you saw. I would fill in my address as [email protected]
It's surprising just how many of these sites who promise not to pass on your email details actually do so.
For example, if I were to fill in the advert you saw. I would fill in my address as [email protected]
It's surprising just how many of these sites who promise not to pass on your email details actually do so.
nosh
by your logic you should be signing on as .... whatever your real name is
the whole net runs on nyms - no one uses their real name
sometimes you can't even if you want to - just think ... john smith goes to g mail for an account .... do you expect that he will succeed?
I doubt it - there must be 100s of john smiths registered ... so he'll have to make do with something else
square's suggestion IS totally legal
and is standard practice - many ISPs offer junk sign on addresses (BT, Virgin, gmail...)
I only use a couple of dummys but use them I do
>>> Actually TROLL... if based in the UK then yes they do...
the problem there is that 90+% of spam and junk comes from "the cloud" - 80% originates in California ...
you need to face reality ... the internet isn't based on fair play
got to go ... phone showing international ... despite being registered with telephone preference - it still rings
by your logic you should be signing on as .... whatever your real name is
the whole net runs on nyms - no one uses their real name
sometimes you can't even if you want to - just think ... john smith goes to g mail for an account .... do you expect that he will succeed?
I doubt it - there must be 100s of john smiths registered ... so he'll have to make do with something else
square's suggestion IS totally legal
and is standard practice - many ISPs offer junk sign on addresses (BT, Virgin, gmail...)
I only use a couple of dummys but use them I do
>>> Actually TROLL... if based in the UK then yes they do...
the problem there is that 90+% of spam and junk comes from "the cloud" - 80% originates in California ...
you need to face reality ... the internet isn't based on fair play
got to go ... phone showing international ... despite being registered with telephone preference - it still rings
ACThe Troll.. I cannot choose my work email address.. it follows the same format as everyone elses and is printed on my business cards so cannot be changed. I was just stupid to use that one on the FB advert!!!
When I stated to Squarebear that something wasnt legal I wasnt referring to him choosing an email address.... I know that anyone can set up an email address as [email protected]... as long as the name is not already taken then yes I realise you can have it...
What I was referring to was that companies legally CANNOT pass your details on to other companies without your explicit permission to do so - this is ILLEGAL and breaks the Data Protection Act.
Companies who hold your information also have to demonstrate a level of care towards that information and act responsibly with it. ie not selling it to a third party. And if you as a company BUY email addresses from a data supply company and you state 'SINGLE' use then legally you can only use that information once.
The problem with it is policing it.. How do you prove where it came from and who sold it on.... SquareBears solution to this is a good idea... create an email address specifically for that form that you are filling in online ie [email protected]
Thanks for the comments though
When I stated to Squarebear that something wasnt legal I wasnt referring to him choosing an email address.... I know that anyone can set up an email address as [email protected]... as long as the name is not already taken then yes I realise you can have it...
What I was referring to was that companies legally CANNOT pass your details on to other companies without your explicit permission to do so - this is ILLEGAL and breaks the Data Protection Act.
Companies who hold your information also have to demonstrate a level of care towards that information and act responsibly with it. ie not selling it to a third party. And if you as a company BUY email addresses from a data supply company and you state 'SINGLE' use then legally you can only use that information once.
The problem with it is policing it.. How do you prove where it came from and who sold it on.... SquareBears solution to this is a good idea... create an email address specifically for that form that you are filling in online ie [email protected]
Thanks for the comments though
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