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[cherry]

I just got another email claiming I subscribed to something called yummly, and I know I didn't.  I don't even know what it is.  I had to unsubscribe

[adamlambert]

omg! I wish I knew!! I get so many emails, honestly, from hot babes who want to do things.   Make it stop!! Lol

[Mom2Dogs]

I would love to know as well..I checked my spam this morning and I had 21 messages....all junk.....dating sites, drug sales, etc....

Years ago I rarely had any spam in my spam folder, now I have junk mail all the time!

[Annabellethecat66]

Here's a brief answer:

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There are several common ways that spammers can get your email address: Crawling the web for the @ sign. Spammers and cybercriminals use sophisticated tools to scan the web and harvest email addresses. If you publicly post your email address online, a spammer will find it.Aug 6, 2010

How do spammers get my email address? | Microsoft Secure Blog

https://blogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/.../how-do-spammers-get-my-email-address/

[cherry]

Some guy who sent out a million emails may face 20 years in prison. He has already been fined 10 thousand dollars..

I hope he gets the whole 20 years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4214120/World-s-eighth-worst-spammer-faces-decades-bars.html

[Alter Ego]

My work email gets more interesting spam than my personal email.

Honestly, I think a disgruntled former employee did something with our email list. Most is caught by our filters - but several legit emails were also getting quarantined. We now get a list of all emails held in quarantine daily and it's so interesting to see all of the great offers on pharmaceutical enhancements and cheap iPhones that I'm missing out on!!

[dharts]

For goodness sakes, DON'T reply to any spam email. including to unsubscribe. Instead, add that email address to your blocked or spam list. When you respond, you're proving that your email address is a valid one, which to a spammer means money for selling it to other spammers. That includes unsolicited emails from what appears to be a legitimate company. You don't know who really sent that email.

And if you don't have excellent anti-virus and ant-pfishing software on your email program, you shouldn't even be reading or opening  suspicious emails.

[itiswhatitis]

Often times, people who get your email for legitimate reasons "sell" your email address to others.  For instance, when you shop online ~ every retailer will want your email address.

I use two types of emails.  One for strict and important notifications and then a web based email address that I don't care about much.

[Marp]

@cherry, Yummly is a recipe site.

[Desertdi]

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@cherry wrote:

I just got another email claiming I subscribed to something called yummly, and I know I didn't.  I don't even know what it is.  I had to unsubscribe

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@cherry     My cousin has been hacked several times......and they took her entire contact list.      I also once received an email from my brother-in-law, who had passed away several years prior.    Needless to say, I was in SHOCK to receive an email like that...............