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Here are 10 ways you can make it easy for spammers to continue to harass you and the other 1 billion internet users worldwide.
Which of these "sins" do you commit?
1. Ignoring emails - emails ask you to do things, tell you things. Some folk get annoyed with newsletters they asked for and want to sign off - chances are they hit reply and demand to " remove me " in bodies of emails or as a subject. Chances are there are sign off links and addresses, but WHO looks for them?
2. Buying from spammers - since it costs just a few cents to email thousands of email addresses a spammer only needs one sale now and then to make the whole process worthwhile. Spammers just need to hit go and the rest is automatic, so by buying from them you are granting them a license to make money.
3. Clicking web links in spam email - chances are the web link showing in an html email is different to the web page you actually will connect to. A common practice is to show the link as say a high street bank say www.myownbank.com so you think you are connecting to it when the link calls a spammers fake web site www.spammersbank.net You then enter perhaps personal details ( credit card details, passwords, bank account numbers etc, even pay over money.
4. Moving too fast - the internet is a fast medium, we demand web pages load instantly, emails to be delivered in fractions of a second to the other side of the world, our computer to download vast files in seconds. This hurry, hurry means we have no patience with sign up, sign off processes and blame everyone but ourselves when things do not work. Slow down and think before you act. Read and digest everything before you commit a SUBMIT button or reply to an email.
5. Being suckered in by FREE - free is the most popular keyword and attracts like nothing else, problem is we assume free has no catches - the firm is just giving you something for nothing and that's great. Wrong!, chances are they now have your valuable email address which they can use to generate income in other ways - chances are by spamming you direct or selling on your address.
6. Not reading web pages - well perhaps just the key words and main points. So you missed the bit that said "joining this list gives us the right to email you whenever we like and pass your email onto anyone else we choose who can do the same". Well perhaps not in those words, but there may well be boxes you need to check (or uncheck) to avoid getting more than you thought you had asked for.
7. Getting annoyed at spammers - whilst we are all frustrated with spam email and the senders making a noise does little, we need ACTION - just change your bad habits which help or encourage spammers. Press the media or government for improved or better legislation. Push your ISP for improved services - direct your efforts in directions that can deter, hinder or close down spammer operations - spammers themselves are hard nuts and usually just a computer somewhere, so have no feelings and never reply to messages.
8. Replying to spam - chances are all it does is prove you have a valid email address - most spam comes from fake accounts so all it will do is bounce - or the email is deleted on receipt. Replying to spam is a waste of time and dangerous.
9. Doing nothing - to combat spam we need to always be alert and always improving our spam management - joining Spam Solution is a good move, but do read the various guide pages to see how else you can help fight spam generally. Whilst you are 1 in a billion in numbers of internet users, you are part of the SOLUTION as much as you are part of the problem.
10. Keeping it to yourself - if you find a useful tip, idea or method that controls spam pass it on to friends and contacts - all the guide pages can be printed out or emailed to a friend - spam control is a team effort, you need not be alone in the fight. And if you have found you are troubled little by spam let everyone know your secret. Knowledge is only useful if you share it.
There are many, many others, we have just selected the most common.
Found at spam-solution.net
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