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asianthree 12-19-2023 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by jimdecastro (Post 2283611)
Perhaps you can share what he did…
No idea, he takes over screen my arrow moves like lightning, pages flip, firewalls pop up with bright colors.

All the while he is sitting in his dorm room describing the snow falling 35 degrees :cold: can’t leave for home until Christmas Eve because his secret project is due. Most Coders are in a world of their own at least he has a personality.

thevillager1988 12-19-2023 08:01 AM
I posted this once before ... seems like a good time to post again. NEVER "unsubscribe". If you hover over those links, most often they are suspect. Always click SPAM. Even if you are sure it's a legitimate business, if you no longer want their emails, click SPAM.

I learned this the hard way. Hope this saves someone a lot of aggravation.

rsmurano 12-19-2023 08:02 AM
If you have Apple accounts you can configure rules to send an email to your spam folder or just delete it. 99.99% of my spam emails go automatically to my spam folder. Also, never join a site using your real email. There are many ways to do this. If you do this you will never be put in a situation where you can’t unsubscribe from a site.

CFrance 12-19-2023 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2283623)
No idea, he takes over screen my arrow moves like lightning, pages flip, firewalls pop up with bright colors.

All the while he is sitting in his dorm room describing the snow falling 35 degrees :cold: can’t leave for home until Christmas Eve because his secret project is due. Most Coders are in a world of their own at least he has a personality.
Our son does the same thing. He installed something on our laptops that allows us to give him permission to take it over. We have to send a code or some such.


One time he rearranged my email folders so that his folder (J) came before his brother's (D)! "Oh, gee, I don't know how that happened!"


The other thing he's good at is consolidating remotes.

Marine1974 12-19-2023 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2283297)
Usually I have about 20-30 spam crap a month, with a email account that only used for public accounts.

This morning I had 18 non delivery Fedex….13 UPS…27 I win a gift card…and 8 emails I have anywhere from 1 million to 18 million in a forgotten account. My Mastercard and pay pal account need new activation (have neither)

And my amazon account has been put on hold for suspicious activity.

That’s a lot of spam in one day. Bet the Prince is awaiting my panicked email or phone call:1rotfl::1rotfl:

My other two email accounts have 3 and 1. So my guess up is some company got hacked and exploded my email. Time to delete and start again
I alway click on email address of any spam and block . In some cases the “to “ lists someone else’s email and I block that . I don’t click on any of the email . They must be sending billions of spam emails a day across America. A sad world we live in that a few can spoil it for the silent majority of good people.

OhioBuckeye 12-19-2023 09:23 AM
Well I think I only had 1 scam message as far as recall & it was a package, & I really think it was a scam because I kept getting the same message for almost a yr. They kept telling me they try to deliver it but now they need more information. I told them I never ordered anything from this foreign country & told them to leave it or send it back because I didn’t want it & to this day I can’t remember ever ordering anything. Maybe they got the message & quit sending me this same picture of a box. So if you keep getting these scam messages just keep deleting them, all they want is your personal information!

Topspinmo 12-19-2023 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2283297)
Usually I have about 20-30 spam crap a month, with a email account that only used for public accounts.

This morning I had 18 non delivery Fedex….13 UPS…27 I win a gift card…and 8 emails I have anywhere from 1 million to 18 million in a forgotten account. My Mastercard and pay pal account need new activation (have neither)

And my amazon account has been put on hold for suspicious activity.

That’s a lot of spam in one day. Bet the Prince is awaiting my panicked email or phone call:1rotfl::1rotfl:

My other two email accounts have 3 and 1. So my guess up is some company got hacked and exploded my email. Time to delete and start again
No they just sold or shared you email address on World Wide Web cause you agreed to their terms.

thevillager1988 12-19-2023 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by rsmurano (Post 2283657)
If you have Apple accounts you can configure rules to send an email to your spam folder or just delete it. 99.99% of my spam emails go automatically to my spam folder. Also, never join a site using your real email. There are many ways to do this. If you do this you will never be put in a situation where you can’t unsubscribe from a site.
Scammers have many ways to get your email address. And they make their email look like a legitimate business. There is no way to ensure you never get an email that has a scam address buried in the "unsubscribe" button.

I don't want to create an argument. Just hope this email helps at least one person. Click SPAM. Not "unsubscribe".

Florida Fan 12-19-2023 12:39 PM
emails
 
Yes, for some reason, I've received approx. 50 emails today welcoming me to their sites, etc., etc. Never had this before.


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