Saturday, March 10, 2012

I'm receiving spam email from 2007 but have current info in the body of the message. How do i stop this?

Is this a new way violators are sending spam? What can yahoo do about it?I'm receiving spam email from 2007 but have current info in the body of the message. How do i stop this?
As long as it's in the Spam bin just empty it. That's a trick the spammers use to get you to open it. If it's in your inbox, mark it spam and forget about it. We can't stop it, we can only be careful where we leave our email address on the web. Also when you pass forwards, it has everyones address on them. The spammers harvest them. It seems to go in spurts, then they will move on.I'm receiving spam email from 2007 but have current info in the body of the message. How do i stop this?
Spammers frequently use dates form the future and the past, Mark. But, it is still spam! STOP opening them! Opening spam alerts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more. You can not completely stop all spam, but you can help to put a big dent in it.

Check mark them and click on 'Spam,' this should stop those addresses from being delivered to your inbox.

Use your spam guard and block address.

Look for the 'Options' link at upper right corner of mail screen and click on it

Options /mail options

Click on 'spam' in the list on the left.

Make sure spam guard is on, by checking in the little box.

Then in 'Blocked Email Addresses,' enter the E-mail address you wish blocked, in the box after 'Add a blocked address' and click on the 'add' button, then click on save changes at top left of screen.

You will never get mail from that address again.

This should help you to control your spam.

Other tips:

Do not ever open E-mail from people you do not know; and unless you are absolutely sure who it is from then treat them as spam.

Never, ever give out your account information or other personal information to anyone.

If you are on a site and you absolutely have to sign up for something, check the entire page to make sure you uncheck any lines wanting to send you any other info, notices, catalogs, ads, and the like.

Added detail:

Yes, spammers change one item in their addresses a lot, so you might try blocking the entire domain, by putting in

*@ thedomainyouwanttoblock.com

for instance: *@seeyou.com

Or, if they change the domain, instead of the company name you can block the name by putting in Imatheft_inc@*

Hope this helps

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