SPAM affects us all… Whoever you are and whatever you do … you are always haunted by it. Spam is a daily nuisance for all of us. It doesn't matter whether you're employed or unemployed. There are different ways in which we can fight SPAM some of those are given below for combating SPAM that too for free.
- Let the Personal e-mail address be PERSONAL: I know its obvious but not many follo9w it and then get into the trauma of SPAM. Do not enter any competitions, signup forms or surveys with your personal e-mail address .Its better to prevent it either than curing it after you are listed on 1000’s of e-mail list’s.
- Use Free Mail Service: Get yourself a free e-mail from yahoo or hotmail and make sure you get a spam holder account, you can use this mail address anywhere, you can then check for the legitimate and spam mails and then delete the rubbish.
- Use Disposable e-mail address: You could also try a disposable e-mail address from Spam Gourmet. Once you've registered your forwarding email address (your personal email address) with them you can then create self-destructing email addresses that stop working after receiving a specific number of emails.
- Using SPAM free Filter: You can opt for a SPAM free filter, there are many available online choose one that is free…. The reason being simple even after following all the correct steps you tend to get junk mail in your inbox….
- Newsgroup and forums : Don’t leave your e-mail id on any newsgroup or forums, spammers like it. They don’t care whether it is free, paid or private forums spammers have their harvester program hunting for mail id’s. Instead of posting it like username @site.com post it as usernameATsite.com
Techniques used by Spammers
- Simple Subject Line: Spammers use a one-word subject line. Usually there is nothing more than a link in the body of the email, which allow many emails to slide by the server undetected.
- Spoofing: This is email in which the sender's name is fictitious. Some spammers spoof real companies, names you recognize, or people you know; many spammers try to spoof or imitate people you know right from your address box. According to MSNBC, Amazon.com is currently fighting lawsuits against three unidentified defendants who used spoofing with Amazon's trademark to fool the clients into doing business with them.
- Social Engineering: A common tactic is using a personal, and even touching subject lines to get a person to open spammer email. “Hello,” “I miss you,” and “Your document is attached” are common subject lines and handiwork of social engineers.
- Using “bots” to gather email addresses: Spammers commonly send out automated robots or 'bots' to get email addresses from chat boards, messages lists, etc.
- Using third-party servers: This allows spammers to hide their identity and Internet Protocol addresses.
- Web beacons: Emails sent by spammers to that contain an image and sometimes an invisible image to the recipient. If a user interacts with the image, it alerts the spammer that the address is active.
- Phishing: Phishing is usually combined with spoofing. A spoofer will imitate companies and use forms inside of emails to gather personal information about the use.
!!!!!!!STAY SPAM FREE!!!!!!!
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