- Delete spam right away.
- Give your business e-mail address only to prospects and business colleagues.
- Open a second personal e-mail account for online shopping, friends, and family members.
- Buy goods only from a merchant’s secure web site, never through an email offer.
- When you receive spam, forward it to your Internet Service Provider and/or the Federal Trade Commission (uce@ftc.gov) for inspection.
- Avoid posting an actual email address on your web site, which makes it easy for spammers to scrape (collect). Display a phrase or button instead such as “Contact Me” which links to the email address.
- Consider spam blocking software such as Cloudmark’s SpamNet.
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- Reply to junk e-mail.
- Buy spam-marketed goods and services.
- Give out passwords, credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, or other personal information when replying to an e-mail message; spammers are becoming very creative. Often spam looks official and may appear to bear a reputable company’s e-mail address.
- Fall for “too good to be true” product offers from businesses that appear to be legitimate; these pitches often are attempts to deceive consumers or to collect e-mail addresses.
- Open spam-linked file attachments.
- Forward messages containing other people’s e-mail addresses.
- Give companies permission to distribute your e-mail address to associates or affiliates
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Spam Do's and Don'ts
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