| This fun will end when you finally
realize what they are selling. We've been through much worse stupid
scams so this is easier to deal with now. You will be on the mailing
list for all the newest and best of the anti-virus protection sales.
They scare you, get you upset and then they move in to allow you to buy
what you need to keep it from happening again.
The people who will be sending you
"opt-in opportunities" have purchased a list of specific needs
individuals. They have been lied to but they proceed thinking they are
getting what they have paid for and now can be assured of a sale from
every listing. They confidently give the name of a fictitious network
type association as it was given to them, they call you their subscriber
and if you try to unsubscribe, you are passed on to another type of
"active" email list. You may stop mail from one name, but you
will start probably a dozen more. It will spread like infection. I am up
to 111 junk mails deleted this morning and it's not 9 a.m. yet. NEVER
respond to any solicitation offering any DEAL no matter how Free it is.
Many websites are equipped to retain your email address and use it to
send their own advertising and to sell as well since they made no
agreement not to do so. All you do is to visit from another link just to
see what they are about but they've got your address. Many of the big
names now days use the same tactics and their members are so inclined to
believe this the norm for modern day Internet sales maneuvers. I quit
subscribing to PC Computing's email newsletter when the only software
they promoted was their very own "how to send your own anonymous
email opt-in bulk unsolicited" messages. And they are proud of
it.
The only way to escape the
increasing load of junk mail is to change the address you use for
everyday correspondence and shut down the infested old one; do it
regularly. When we started with the original addy, I signed up for
everything so I could learn first hand what was offensive. Some sites
are all they say and they never share your address and you never again
hear from them when you tell them to unsubscribe you.
Every time you go and run a search,
you and your choices are logged into the data base and at least the
statistics are sold if not everything they know about you. This
technology has allowed the porn industry to present children promised to
be no more than 6 years old for a hefty price. Anonymous addresses
guarantee the sender cannot be caught. I ran a search and found that the
places to report such offenses to be about 2 years behind the times with
no way to report anything. There was more space given to the New Zealand
child lover groups on google. Use caution and don't get too attached to
your original address, you can never get them to leave you alone. Your
server may allow you to turn off the account long enough to lose most of
the offenders.
Are you aware that most of the big
name carriers limit the number of messages you can send and receive. If
they use a spam filter that catches only imbedded images, they will stop
our newsletter and delete it. Our server tried their version and they
caught all our new subscriber sign ups. We publish every Friday night
and there are always plenty that are returned because the recipient has
exceeded their limit or their box is full. The scanned and rejected are
the same as if the account were closed.
Have you noticed the latest email
ads telling how you can make lots of money? Sign up and give your
opinions of different subjects. They make money by selling your address
on a mailing list of interested people and you might make a little for
one survey but that's not on a repeating or regular basis. It is implied
but it is not so. The same with "get paid to shop and eat
out." Always use extreme caution and remember that if it sounds too
good to be true, it probably is.
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