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SPAM E-Mails

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Like most people I have a Spam box in my e-mails. The problem is, I am getting as many as 30 ++ a day. Is there a way to stop the spam arriving at my e-mail address. I have changed my password to no effect. Can anyone help? TIA
I just delete them of course, but it is a nuisance I could do without.
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You can add the senders to your blocked sender lists. Also stop looking at mucky porn.
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Thanks, Dominic, I shall attempt to do that when I get the next lot in my emails.
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Happy in Cyprus wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:09 am I'm with Cyta and I get almost none. I think their filters are very good. And on my personal Yahoo account I get none at all. So it probably depends who your service provider is.
I am with CYTA as well and use Gmail. I am hoping the advice from Dominic will do the trick.
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Lincoln wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:07 am
Happy in Cyprus wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:09 am I'm with Cyta and I get almost none. I think their filters are very good. And on my personal Yahoo account I get none at all. So it probably depends who your service provider is.
I am with CYTA as well and use Gmail. I am hoping the advice from Dominic will do the trick.
It can take time and initially it will seem like there is no effect. Gradually they decrease though. It is like removing slugs from a garden.
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Use a browser which doesn't track your activity when online. I downloaded Brave browser last year for my personal viewing when we decided we were going to look at the possibility of purchasing a second home overseas.
I also opened a protonmail account to use with the browser.
Absolutely no tracking of my browsing and no spam in my inbox.

If you choose not to do that, be sure to never be logged into your email account when browsing the web.
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When ever I use an airports internet, I will get a flood of scam emails afterwards.
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Spam is best in the fry pan!!!
If you do not know who the email is from just do not open it.
They send back a message when opened that the email address is live!
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Delighted to say that at last the spam is greatly reduced. I followed Dominic's advice. It is a slow process but it is working. I even got some coming back asking to be unblocked????? I deleted them.
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Arrrgh 50 spam appeared in my spam box... They had all been BLOCKED before!! Fed up, so just deleted the lot of em. They come from Sainsburys, Asda, companies of Bitcoins,loan companies etc etc. I have never dealt with these companies since we arrived in Cyprus 18 years ago.
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Well that's it then - The answer is staring you in the face - As Dominic said - Stop looking at the Mucky Porn
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When dealing with spammers it is best just to hang up on them. If the email is spam, don't reply to it. Don't even click that "unsubscribe" option. If you do that, you are flagging your email address as live. This will provoke more spam in future. With phone calls, I like to tell them that I am putting them on hold, then sing down the phone to them until they hang up.
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Dominic wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:08 am When dealing with spammers it is best just to hang up on them. If the email is spam, don't reply to it. Don't even click that "unsubscribe" option. If you do that, you are flagging your email address as live. This will provoke more spam in future. With phone calls, I like to tell them that I am putting them on hold, then sing down the phone to them until they hang up.
Which song do you sing to them, is it a soft Celine number or an upbeat YMCA perhaps :? :lol:
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I had two yesterday from a Danish number and a German number.

I kept him talking for a short while and then informed him that I was a cop and he’d been talking long enough to be able to trace the call… his reply? F*** off you motherf********, you are a f****** motherf******* and then he hung up 😂
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Just a thought, I was told that some of these scammers
like you to keep them on the line, reason being the call is on a premium cost line, which means they are charging you a few euros per minute,
I might have it wrong, but maybe someone might know better then me?
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WHL wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:14 am Just a thought, I was told that some of these scammers
like you to keep them on the line, reason being the call is on a premium cost line, which means they are charging you a few euros per minute,
I might have it wrong, but maybe someone might know better then me?
I think that’s only if you call them back ?
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just had a pleasant call from 47 908 78 589 Norway, a charming young lady with an Indian accent, I let her finish her Shpiel, re Microsoft etc, then I loudly said to her, to go **** herself, you ********* scamming ****, her polite talk suddenly turned to an angry reply of no you go **** yourself you mother ******* mother****** ***** ***** ******* ****** I had to put the phone down, it was making me blush :shock:
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Apple’s new software coming out in a Autumn, will screen emails and web browsing, like a super VPN, that will stop software companies trawling you and getting information about you. Will affect Facebook and Google big time. They are the two biggest problems on the internet and the data they are gaining from you is being sold willy-nilly. Anyone with Alexa will also notice they can cause a splurge of emails and adverts by saying certain things….
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It's all well and good blaming Google and Facebook, but they are offering free services which you are under no obligation to use. How else do you expect them to make an income? A subscription service?
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BEWARE ! Scam text messages doing the rounds claiming to be DHL or UPS saying a parcel is awaiting pickup but you have a small amount to pay to meet import duties etc. Asks you to send your card info and mobile number to a link. A friend of mine recently got scammed for a large amount from a location in Germany then they tried it again from France. His bank informed and apparently it's happeded to several unsuspecting people recently so just be aware.....
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