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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostNothing to say, just trying to get my name on every section of the front page of the forum. Sorry
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Nothing to say, just trying to get my name on every section of the front page of the forum. Sorry
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
90% of my spam is dating type ones with picture of ladies asking to meet up.
It's too much of a coincidence for multiple spamming groups to latch on to dating, then freebies etc at the same time..
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostYeh, had a rather convincing one from one of loony lady's accounts with her name asking me to buy a gift card. Used to get a lot from an old neighbour's account too. Currently get lots to my BT internet account from what seem to be reputable organisations but none of those are believable, free emergency kits from the AA etc.
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Had my first spam in ages this morning. Forwarded from my old hotmail account, so obviously not filtered by this but caught by gmail.
From Abattoir Equipment Supplies, with a dodgy looking attachment.
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Yeh, had a rather convincing one from one of loony lady's accounts with her name asking me to buy a gift card. Used to get a lot from an old neighbour's account too. Currently get lots to my BT internet account from what seem to be reputable organisations but none of those are believable, free emergency kits from the AA etc.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI don't think it's the platform that gets targeted for spam, its whatever list the spammer has and it's nothing to do with being hacked
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Originally posted by woody1 View PostHave you considered changing your email address? Maybe also switching to another mail platform that doesn't get spammed/hacked as often.
Yes, it's a pain but it might be worth it in the long run. When I did it, I set hotmail to forward everything to gmail. Thankfully, it didn't forward anything that it had filtered as spam.
I don't think it's the platform that gets targeted for spam, its whatever list the spammer has and it's nothing to do with being hacked
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Have you considered changing your email address? Maybe also switching to another mail platform that doesn't get spammed/hacked as often.
Yes, it's a pain but it might be worth it in the long run. When I did it, I set hotmail to forward everything to gmail. Thankfully, it didn't forward anything that it had filtered as spam.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostWhen signing up for things, apart from using an account that isn't my primary one, the other thing I do is add the initials of the company to my name, e.g. here might be Mr FoxHatCUK
Then if I receive spam and it begins "Dear Mr FoxHatCUK" then I know where they got that address from.
Wish I'd thought of that before with the BT issue. I'm 100% something has been leaked because of the unique password appearing on darkweb lists. I dropped them a line about it but got told no data leaks from them.
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When signing up for things, apart from using an account that isn't my primary one, the other thing I do is add the initials of the company to my name, e.g. here might be Mr FoxHatCUK
Then if I receive spam and it begins "Dear Mr FoxHatCUK" then I know where they got that address from.
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When I was on hotmail, used to get tons of it. Not so much, since switching to gmail. And as you say, it tends to come in spates.
My missus has a 2nd email address that she uses for anything she can't 99% trust. She signed up for some prize draw once, and was really glad she didn't use her main email.
I sometimes use temporary email addresses like temp-mail to sign up on forums etc.
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Originally posted by woody1 View PostWhich email do you use? I'm on gmail, and I can't recall any spam for a long time not being redirected to the spam folder. I'm always vigilant for anything suss.
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