[Velvet]

Originally Posted by midiwiz

Well.... here's the deal. From a cybersecurity persepctive, IF you are going to hit unsubscribe you are best to do that using a different technique. Use your smartphone, leave the email in junk folder because you well see the link not the button, and also be on a VPN when you do it. For 100% of the cases this will eventually (5-10 days ) get rid of 80% of the junk. Worst is mint mobile, unsubscribe can take almost a year to finally catch.

As for all those that do not have an unsubscribe hyperlink - delete these you click on anything in that email and annoying things will start happening. In some cases you can block them off, some not, this depends on yrou email client and service. Best to find a way to block them off.

Also just because it's in your inbox doesn't mean it's not junk, many are sliding by these days, and we see the numbers increasing weekly. These are best to mark as junk and then follow the above instructions.

Lastly ALWAYS do everything behind a VPN, and preferably not Nord, etc. We use proton. it's far better than any one here. Reason is USA VPNs must keep logs, so your P in VPN is a lie.

be careful when doing this, it is the only way to actually get rid of them without them 'picking up your scent'

Yes, I noticed that about VPN, the iPad seemed to always know the regular address. I remember the good ol’ days when on the mainframe you could rout through computers around the world and no one could find you. But for identifying sources of scam I can see the current situation as useful.