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Lately, I've been getting a lot of personal emails for a woman who shares my name. My friends and I joke about it because suddenly I know all about her life. I know what town she lives in and which websites she visits — she must be accidentally entering my email when she registers with different sites, and has definitely put it on at least two group mailing lists. At first, I responded to the Read more
Have you ever wanted to reply to a spammer, not to ask him how his life came to this or did he think that this is what he would be when he grew up, but just to taunt him? A writer for the Boston Globe did just that; when a spammer emailed him, promising him 20 percent of some fake company's profits for just the exchange of his bank account numbers (what a deal!), he decided to have fun with Read more
As much as spam emails totally suck when they make their way to your inbox - especially ones like these - I can honestly say I was completely shocked when I read this story on USA Today. A man from Colorado has been arrested for sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails. His sentence? Twenty-one months in prison plus having to pay nearly $715,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. I've met Read more
Just when I thought my tough and mighty Google gods would keep my Gmail account free from love struck spammers luring unsuspecting email users to visit malicious websites — what do I get in my email? Emails similar to the"ILOVEYOU" worm email, that infected ten percent of all computers connected to the Internet and caused around $5.5 billion in damages! Ok, I'll fess up, the emails did arrive Read more
A community member was having trouble unsubcribing from Monster.com emails and reached out to the Savvy Confessions group for help. Here's the advice of one anonymous reader. To comply with CanSpam all commercial email sent is supposed to have a snail mail address and at the very best a phone number you can reach them at. If they are not honoring your unsubscribe after 10 business days then you Read more
The world wide web is a huge place, and it's growing every year. Based on data compiled by Focus research firm, 2010 was huge for emails, Facebook, YouTube videos, and spam. Oh, spam. Check out these fascinating facts about what the Internet has been up to in the past year, and get ready for your mind to be blown. Read more
Skype users beware! New exploit reveals IP addresses — Geekosystem 5 movie apocalypses that would defeat themselves in the real world — Cracked Upcycled portraits made from floppy disks — FWD New iPhone 5 feature: Siri self-destructs phone if stolen? — Dvice Spam email declines, but spam texts hit an all-new high — Newser Will Hulu require a paid TV subscription? — SlashFilm Read more
A few months ago an old email account of mine was hacked and started sending spam to everyone in my contact list. I've already posted a guide on how I handled it, but when the same thing recently happened to a co-worker, she was wondering how to appropriately apologize to friends and former colleagues that she hadn't talked to in years. Though you may be embarrassed, sending an email to let these Read more
I've mentioned before that I've left a few old email addresses open after switching to a new mail program, and most of you admitted to doing the same. Well, here's one reason you (and I) might want to reconsider that stance. An old email address I left open and checked once a week or so was hacked, and for three days sent spammy messages to all of the contacts in my address book. Since I hadn't Read more
The never-ending deluge of junk mail, spam, and sales alerts that is our email has us running for cover when the inbox is opened each morning. For our second installment in 31 Days of Spring Cleaning, we're purging the garbage and organizing every last email. Here's how to get the inbox under control. Sort and delete — When an inbox approaches four-digit capacity, it's time to filter and Read more
