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Dealing the Unwanted e-mail or spam

Unwanted Emails, unsolicited emails, scammer's emails, commercial emails...whatelse it just keep on coming no matter what...there is no perfect answer for this, it's getting bigger and bigger problem on the internet.

If you want to keep your inbox clean, you have to use a super filter or anti-spam that's going to filter all the unwanted email to keep on getting on your inbox but their still have some that makes through, there is no solution for this spammers but you can always alleviate this by just following some tips.

This is one of the email scammer sent:
DEAR FRIEND,
HOW ARE YOU DOING? I WRITE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE REGISTERED YOUR CHEQUE DRAFT, BUT THE MANAGER OF FINANCIAL TRUST BANK BENIN TOLD ME THAT BEFORE THE CHEQUE WILL GET TO YOU THAT IT WILL EXPIRE.
SO I TOLD HIM TO CASH THE $1.5 MILLION USDOLLARS AND ALL THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT OF DELIVERING THE $1.5 MILLION USD IN CASH WAS MADE WITH UPS COURIER SERVICE BENIN REPUBLIC.
FURTHERMORE, WRITE A LETTER OF APPLICATION TO THE GIVEN ADDRESS BELOW.
DIRECTOR NAME: DR.MR, ABRAHAM MARTINS.
COMPANY PHONE NUMBER: +229-930-002-85.
COMPANY E-MAIL: (upscourierservice22@hotmail.com).
HOWEVER, SEND THEM YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO ENABLE THEM LOCATE YOU IMMEDIATELY THEY ARRIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY WITH YOUR BOX.
BELOW IS WHAT THEY NEED FROM YOU.
1.YOUR FULL NAME______________________________________
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS___________________________________
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER__________________
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE_______________________
5.A COPY OF YOUR ID___________________________________
6.YOUR AGE__________________________________________
7.COUNTRY__________________________________________
(NOTE). THE COURIER COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THE CONTENTS OF THE BOX. I REGISTERED IT AS A BOX OF AN AFRICA CLOTHS, THEY DON'T KNOW IT CONTAINED MONEY. THIS IS TO AVOID THEM DELAYING WITH THE BOX SO DON'T LET THEM KNOW THAT IS MONEY THAT IS IN THE BOX.
YOURS,
MR KOFOR MOMO.

I don't know what they are thinking this is so obvious, only fool can fall for this...but this keep on coming everyday...so what are you going to do?

Try this Advice:
  • Do not give out your primary email, use disposable email try mailinator.com this way you protect yourself and your inbox -- Some programs that you've joined say's "they respect your privacy but actually sold it.
  • Ignore and Do not Click the link because if you do this confirms that your email is not dead account, Delete the spam email and forget.
  • Do not post your email address in plain form mask it use an alias so that their harvester cannot read your email...example: tanya77 AT hotmail DOT com.
  • Do not believe what they say on the email they are "dangerous con man"
The best you can do is to prevent them from coming to your inbox, if possible or at least reduce the amount of spams. Help our Authority, report the spammer using the spam reporting services Spamcop.net

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