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Spam I am: personal computing.
If the spam you receive has smelled a little fishy lately, here's what's going on: Marketers, aware that consumers so hate junk e-mail that they delete it reflexively, have begun disguising it. How?
Hey, you asked for it! "You are receiving this because you have requested it," e-mail from fastfatmeltdown.com informed our reporter. (No, he hadn't.) A variation: "You are receiving this e-mail because you registered to receive special offers from one of our marketing partners." The partner could be any web site you've ever visited whose privacy policies permit it to give your e-mail address to spammers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says there is nothing illegal about this kind of notice--even though the consumer has no practical way of knowing whether it's true.
Hard to resist. Among the come-ons to get your click: "It looks like a mistake to me. What do you think?" Make no mistake; that e-mail was junk from Columbia House's CD library.
We're legit. Really. Spam messages now link to web pages for that aura of legitimacy. And some, such as a promotion from eNetwork for toner cartridges, cite federal bill S.1618, Title III, with which the marketer presumably complied by providing an "unsubscribe" option. (The bill never became law. If it had, the eNetwork spam wouldn't have complied ...
- If CAN SPAM Act Doesn't Quite Do the Trick, Try a Disposable E-Mail Address.
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) January 1, 2004 700+ words
...already made it onto spam lists, disposable e...t help much, though spam filters might help...uses three layers of spam filters and Emailias...been using the same e-mail address for eight years. So...month, with up to 90 spams making it past filters...
- BitDefender Points Out a New Mix of Spam Techniques Using "Read Receipts" and...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire October 6, 2008 700+ words
...spammer the e-mail address is valid and active...receive additional spam. The "read receipt...simply proves the e-mail address is legitimate and...To keep a system spam-free, users should...or reply to any spam message; you will confirm your e-mail address is ...
- Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates, LLP Sues China Digital Media Corporation (OTC...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 26, 2005 700+ words
...identity due to the dubious claims contained in its spam, so it hijacked my e-mail address and my firm's e-mail address on or about May...I were responsible for sending out unsolicited spam promoting China Digital Media's securities...
- E-mail address should be kept close to the vest.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 28, 2003 700+ words
...increasing vulgarity of spam that shows up in...you wish your e-mail address to be `removed...t enter my e-mail address. Is this group...some kind of anti-spam service but so laden...sending one's e-mail address to unknown parties...
- Sprint Sues Georgia Company, Claims It Falsely Used E-mail Address.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dauner, John T. November 12, 1998 700+ words
...Sprint Corp.'s e-mail address jammed and temporarily...The use of the e-mail address in the header of thousands...messages, known as "spam," promoted the purchase...requesting that the spam be stopped," the complaint...
- Keeping a permanent address online. (E-mail address providers)...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Moore, John April 1, 1997 700+ words
...doesn't need to be." Other e-mail address-minders include ForeverMail...value-added services such as "spam filtering" (weeding out unsolicited...be more useful." Permanent E-Mail Address Providers AirNote: http...
- New research shows 31% of US consumers change their e-mail address each...
- Newspaper article from: Telecomworldwire October 17, 2002 700+ words
...New research shows 31% of US consumers change their e-mail address each year (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http...is due to ISP switching, job changes and efforts to avoid spam. This could, according to the company, mean that individuals...
- The UCE [Spam) war and its impact on e-mail: This essential foundation of the...
- Magazine article from: Online Notess, Greg R. January 1, 2003 700+ words
...to keep your e-mail address unpublished. Not getting any spam yet? Do your best to keep your e-mail address from getting published...them, I use the spam address that has...with my regular e-mail address. Another approach...
