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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SYDNEY
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well a woman i dont know sent me an email titled high frank . with a link to a dating service . got no idea how this happenned as i do not give my email address out to anyone and do not visit dating websites . DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN.???
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Well hello Mr Fancypants
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth
Posts: 1,066
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spam. none of us are safe. i get 5 or more emails a day at work, usually selling viagra, a few offering me some magnificent share tip and the odd 'bank' email telling me to click here to update my details. what can you do?
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Perth
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maybe it was just spam cause sometimes i get get spam with random names at the start like hi frank or jeff or something, maybe it was just a fluke that they sent it to you? unless one of your 'mates' has signed you up to **** you off?
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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Block and delete it. Don't waste your time even thinking about it.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Brisbane
Posts: 1,151
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worst ones are where they use ur domain to send u spam, coz u cant block them
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Bundoora
Posts: 7,199
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I get 10-20 spam emails a day, and the spam blocker only works on particular ones, there are always new ones coming through. I think if you have an email listed on a website somewhere it's worse
At the moment the viagra ones and the israeli brockerage ones are giving me the sh*ts |
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North Brisbane
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Barossa Valley, South Australia
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Unfortunately, there is not much one can do about spam. It's a fact of internet life now. See if your ISP offers spam filtering if you wish to stop it from getting to you. Some of the better ISP's offer this service for free (E.g. Internode). Some really big ones (*cough* Telstra Bigpond *cough*) do not have a free service and you have to pay for the spam removal.
Another thing you can do is install a spam filter for your e-mail client. I believe that the later versions of Outlook has this already. A great e-mail client is Mozilla Thunderbird. It is free and has built in junk mail filters that you can train up to remove junk e-mails.
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Location: North Brisbane
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SHOCKWAVE MK11 BA XR8
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Dandenong. vic
Posts: 383
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i had an email monday saying damien has tagged you as his friend if she your friend click yes or no. i deleted it and got it again tuesday, deleted it again and it has'nt come back. i did'nt open either one, i dont know a damien
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: QLD - Townsville
Posts: 1,772
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best way to go is if its a yahoo or hotmail its getting sent to just make another one up. but be careful who you add this time around. if its your ISP email then ask them if you can change it or if they can do something about it... they should be able to help you out. anyways NEVER click on links or open attachments from someone you dont no, and a bank will NEVER ask for your details over the internet, and theres a virus going around on msn messenger saying is this photo you? will a link to sexc.........com or org DONT click on it. enjoy
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
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I have never got any spam mail in my Hotmail or on our ISP account. I wouldn't know it existed until it become common knowledge that it's a problem.
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If someone has you in their contact list and they get a virus, your email address could be stolen from that.
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some I get offer pen is enlargement and others offer breast enhancements. it makes me wonder what they think I look like, or what I do late on weekends!lol
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Victoria
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
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The worst offenders are those who forward emails to bulk people, the forwarded email go into no mans land and somewhere down the line the end user has hundreds of new emails to add to a spam list, that simple.
People should forward bulk email via the BCC option as this will stop it. All you can do is the right thing your end but there are many who don't. I would deal with up to 75-100 min spam mails a day and it is a never ending fight. as for the spam mail, grow 3 inches a day, make $ while you sleep and order a bride here. all i can say is its huge i have billions in cash and run a herom of wive's. all good really. Love to jam every spammers head in a vice and squash it. |
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Rice aint nice!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Kilsyth, Victoria
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I have never had spam e-mail in ANY of my e-mail accounts so yeah....I all good...
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Yar, I get the Viagra and willy enlargement spam, I wanna know how they know I have a small one that dosen't work !! Oh, wait, I drive a large shinny 240T, move along, nothing to see here...
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Go on, be a monkey....
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Perth
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Right out sideways
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Coffs Harbour NSW
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its your mrs testing you
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Eat more peanuts....
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Kingaroy, Qld
Posts: 502
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wtf? Eye contact interview?
Want a hand to remove the thumbprint off your forehead?
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