DISQUS

DISQUS Hello! How To Split An Atom is using DISQUS, a powerful comment system, to manage its comments. Learn more.

Community Page

How To Split An Atom

Jump to original thread »
Author

Spam [Internet Bootcamp]

Started by sbspalding · 11 months ago

What Is Spam?

If you spend any amount of time on the web, you will eventually start receiving spam. These messages can range anywhere from benign commercial solicitations, to annoying pharmaceutical advertisements all the way down to scams that are looking to pilfer your personal information for the purposes of identity theft. How do you protect ... Continue reading »

5 comments

  • Maggy Young

    11 months ago

    Spam is here like road traffic accidents. But the other thing you can do is to accept its inevitability & stop hating it & try to love it (a bit).
    I have had so many appallingly written letters notifying me that I have either won or could be the recipient of, x millions, that I almost miss them when they don't come. I get disappointed when I'm only about to receive $4 million one week, when last week I was getting $14 million. But it picked up & next week I'd got $10 million. So let's all be wary of fraud & phishing & view spam as entertainment as long as you are (very) careful.
    reply
  • Maggy Young

    11 months ago

    Since writing comment, read your link re. all those who fall for the nasty scams. When getting this stuff, everyone should remember 4 things -
    1. If it seems too good to be true, then it is too good to be true.
    2. On the web, if it might be a fraud, then it is a fraud.
    3. Use a brain cell.
    4. If in doubt, discuss with an impartial authority eg. your bank manager.
    Even better, the fraud investigation bodies.
    reply
  • sbspalding

    11 months ago

    I rarely ever open unsolicited email these days, especially if the title doesn't make it completely obvious that it is not a scam. Everyone who sends me email for work/business I recognize (more or less), if it is a solicitation that breaks the mold you better have a good subject line.
    reply
  • Maggy Young

    11 months ago

    Heard the phrase " Curiosity killed the cat ? " Problem is most people are just idly curious - and can then get drawn in.
    reply
  • SEO

    9 months ago

    This has always been a problem with many. I have a second account that is used specially for website interaction and this has lower the spam volume that i received in the past.
    Rif Chia
    reply

Add New Comment

Returning? Login