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View 10 Tips for Reducing
Your Spam Email
Additional
Information on Spam and Identity Theft
- U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- The U.S. Government's central Web site for information on
Identity Theft www.consumer.gov/idtheft
- National Fraud Information
Center - The National Consumer League's Web site which
includes addtional tips and Internet fraud statistics and trends
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View tips and information on how you can reduce your spam email and protect
yourself from Internet Fraud.
Consumer Tips to Prevent Email Spam
The following practices from McAfee Security will help you reduce the
thousands of unwanted messages from entering your email inbox:
Beware of purchasing spam-advertised products. Aside from encouraging
spammers, this makes more personally identifiable information (e.g. name,
address, phone number, credit card numbers, etc.) available to them. It
also can guarantee that you'll get more spam.
Refrain from clicking on Reply or Remove! Some senders may remove your
address, but others may flag your email address as "live" and send you
more spam or even sell your address to other spammers. Instead, forward
spam to the Federal Trade Commission at uce@ftc.gov.
Use a "public" email address when online. Setup and use a "public" email
address, which may either be an additional address from your ISP or a
free Web-based email address. Use this email address when participating
in newsgroups, joining contests or anytime that your email is requested
by a third party online. Potential spam will go to your "public" email
address instead of your "private" email address.
Don't post your email address online. You'd be surprised how often you
use your email address for newsletter subscriptions, in chat rooms or
to join online groups. Before you post your email address, know whether
it will be displayed or used. Then use a "public" email address when necessary.
Use an email spam filtering program, such as McAfee
SpamKiller. SpamKiller has thousands of powerful filters to identify
and quarantine spam before it enters an email inbox. SpamKiller can also
retrace the route of the spam message back to the mail server and automatically
send a complaint on the recipient's behalf to the spammer's service provider,
system administrator(s), or any other address the user chooses.
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