14-02-2020, 10:21 AM
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Re: spam
Originally Posted by galty
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Have had some over the years took no notice and just deleted them.But for the last week am being bombarded with them at least 8+ a day
Problem is they are all in German.
Whats the point
If it gets really bad, you might need to get a new email address.
14-02-2020, 11:29 AM
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Re: spam
Originally Posted by Tedc
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Could be that you, or someone you know, has had their sign on/password sold on.If it gets really bad, you might need to get a new email address.
It happened about 10 years ago, A site I was on got hacked.
I got a load of spam after but it died down but at least it was in English
Best one ever was I got an Email saying I had been convicted of speeding in New York and had been fined $200
14-02-2020, 11:33 AM
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Re: spam
Originally Posted by galty
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Have had some over the years took no notice and just deleted them.But for the last week am being bombarded with them at least 8+ a day
Problem is they are all in German.
Whats the point
Der Punkt.
14-02-2020, 02:28 PM
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Re: spam
I've read that spammers gather up a whole batch of e-mail addresses in a certain area of the World and then spam them for a certain length of time. After that, a different batch is chosen and then it's their turn to get spammed.I don't know for sure the ways of spammers but if the above is the case, the spam e-mails should eventually stop as quickly as they started. It's your turn at the moment.
The point is that if just a percentage of the thousands of spam e-mails get responded to, then it's worth the spammers while to send them.
14-02-2020, 04:00 PM
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Re: spam
I don't know if this is the right thread or not for this but, starting yesterday morning, I've been getting landline phone calls from a very eloquent, accentless lady telling me that, unless I press #1 on my phone's keypad, I'll lose my ISP, email account and phone line. These calls have come in almost every hour, on the hour, from 9am to 5pm. They started up again this morning. Needless to say I haven't pressed #1, just hung up.
14-02-2020, 04:05 PM
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Re: spam
Originally Posted by Percy Vere
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I don't know if this is the right thread or not for this but, starting yesterday morning, I've been getting landline phone calls from a very eloquent, accentless lady telling me that, unless I press #1 on my phone's keypad, I'll lose my ISP, email account and phone line. These calls have come in almost every hour, on the hour, from 9am to 5pm. They started up again this morning. Needless to say I haven't pressed #1, just hung up.
Percy, that is atrocious intrusion!
Can you not just block that number from your phone?
Or otherwise report it to the Telephone Preference people. I wouldn't put up with that.
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