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[Montana]

I get all sorts of unwanted emails. I delete them without reading them.

For a while I was bombarded with fake AOL spam saying my account would be suspended - per my request!  This went on for months. Because there was never a response, they finally stopped.

Someone has decided I am a man. You can imagine the types of emails that generates.

[lynne6was7]

@Twins Mom DO NOT CLICK on any links within these emails, even those labeled unsubscribe.  You could end up with a computer virus or ransomware, etc.  Simply delete them, unopened if you have preview feature.

[Travone]

@KingstonsMom   THANK YOU!!!  I changed my preferences. 

[Still Raining]

It really helps to have several emails accounts.  People you never want to hear from, people you may want to hear from, business emails, and family.  Then only access the ones you need to.

[occasionalrain]

@Carol Diane When you unsubscribe an email the company sells your email to others so you get more emails instead of fewer. It's better to just send them to spam and then regularly clear your spam.

[Carol Diane]

@occasionalrain , yes, I figured that out a few years ago.  Now I just delete them and no more problems..A little spam but not much.

[ScrapHappy]

I’m having a problem with this too. Not WVC emails but many others. A big offender for me, Childrens Place. I must got 10 emails a day from them. I tried unsubscribing but that didn’t help. I never open them , just delete. That didn’t help. My husband told me that if I unsubscribed & still receive them them, it’s against the law. I don’t know who you’d have to call or complain to. I can imagine calling the company directly would be a hassle & not resolve anything. But I’m considering something because the amount I get is getting worse. Even after unsubscribing.

[suzyQ3]

I've had luck unsubscribing. I do it, though, with websites I recognize, not with anything that I consider spam.

You know how many websites send you a promo code for signing up for e-mails? I've discovered that with some, you can unsubscribe and the sign up again and get another promo code.

[NickNack]

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@Twins Mom wrote:
Not from Q- these are from dating sites (no way have I searched), drugs, etc.

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@Twins Mom   I definitely wouldn't click on the unsubscribe link in an email from a dating site or any other website that wasn't a legitimate website that I knew what it was.  Just send them to your Junk mail.

[Caligurll]

I've noticed this year I'm getting a lot of followup emails from places I do get emails from.  Meaning, for example, Target; if I look at something on the website, shortly after I'll get an email saying we noticed you noticing something, take another look!  I'm getting them from all the retailers I shop with, and do not remember in past years all this followup just by looking at something.