Use a unique e-mail address
- Pick an address that is hard for spammers to guess and easy for
you to remember. Also, if chatting online, use a unique screen name
that is not associated with your e-mail address.
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Use multiple e-mail addresses
- Consider creating separate addresses or accounts that can be used
for online purchases, chat rooms and other public postings. You can
also use a free forwarding address.
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"Mask" your e-mail address
- If you post your e-mail address online consider masking your
address. There are several ways to correctly mask your address and
thwart spammers.
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Information.
Check the privacy policy when
you submit your address to a Web site - Always be familiar with
a Web site's privacy policy before submitting any information. Learn
more about
how
to read a privacy policy.
If it sounds too good to be
true, - it probably is. Fraudsters, scammers, and crooks take
advantage of people via unwanted e-mail.
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Learn more about "pop up spam"
- recently a new form of spam has developed via the Microsoft
Windows operating system feature Messenger Service. It is a stream
of "pop up" messages that stop you from using your home computer
until you close them. If this is a common problem that you are
experiencing learn how to
make
it stop.
Use tools to help prevent spam
- Learn
about tools that can filter or tag spam before it fills your
e-mail inbox.
