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Old 12-23-2023, 11:52 AM
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My personal rule is to never open SPAM Messages. These may contain viruses, trojan horses, etc. that begin to infect your computer immediately upon opening. Be safe - gather them together for as long as you want and then delete them without opening. If something does look interesting and may not be SPAM you can have your security software scan that particular email.
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Old 12-23-2023, 12:05 PM
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Roughly 2-3 bottles of Vodka a day.
OMG! I'll have to get a membership account at ABC that gives discounts. Either that or go back to having hairy palms. What a dilemma.
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Old 12-23-2023, 12:21 PM
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I’ve been clicking on “unsubscribe“ and I think I’m actually getting more spam. I quit doing that.
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Old 12-23-2023, 01:47 PM
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How I get rid of SPAM!

Thin slice. Fry till crispy. Plate with steamed rice and soft scrambled eggs. Drizzle soy sauce over everything.
Enjoy!
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Old 12-23-2023, 03:04 PM
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The other possibility is you are a victim of one of the many recent data breaches and the spam providers now have your email address, NEVER click on the unsubscribe button, just add to your blocked sender list, I have hundreds on mine.
Exact same thing I do!
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Old 12-23-2023, 07:25 PM
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In my SPAM email today I had the following back-to-back-to-back:

1. "I enjoy having sex while people is (sic) watching"

2. "All I want from a man like you is honesty"

3. "New mini-chainsaw makes tree trimming 2 x faster"

...which led me to wonder "What kind of email list am I on???"
Stop visiting the porno sites and those spam emails will eventually disappear 🫠
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Old 12-24-2023, 08:49 AM
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You clicked on the wrong stuff sometime before use vpn for anything sensitive or financial
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Old 12-24-2023, 09:30 AM
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Pro-tip: if you stop clicking on porn sites or photos of scantilly-clad women, you will get less spam.
Okay "Pro" Looks like you must know this first hand
Thanks for the tip.
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Old 12-24-2023, 11:26 AM
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I didn’t know that you could order Russian women from Amazon and Walmart.
When you do want to order keep an eye on that day's Dollar/ruble currency exchange rate. If you time it right you can get some real bargains!
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Old 12-24-2023, 11:29 AM
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Stop visiting the porno sites and those spam emails will eventually disappear 🫠
Another brain wave with NO sense of humor. People are making a real crisis out of this. Though true, the whole thing was meant to be mildly funny!
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Old 12-24-2023, 12:04 PM
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I got (supposedly) a email only about in the last 15 min. from my granddaughter. & when I tried to open it, it wouldn’t open so they asked me change my password. To make a long story short my granddaughter said she NEVER sent me a email, she said delete it grandpa it’s a scam! So do what you want!
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Old 12-24-2023, 08:13 PM
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7800+ in the last 22 days. That's a lot of SPAM to wade through, to find an email or 2 that may be important.
If I got that may spam emails in just two days I would change my email address.
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Old 12-24-2023, 08:38 PM
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Sort by sender ... then all the junk aggregates in groups and it's much easier to find the 1 or 2 that may be important. Also, don't wait 22 days to do it.
355/day.

"Sort by Sender" doesn't change anything.
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Old 12-24-2023, 08:41 PM
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My personal rule is to never open SPAM Messages. These may contain viruses, trojan horses, etc. that begin to infect your computer immediately upon opening. Be safe - gather them together for as long as you want and then delete them without opening. If something does look interesting and may not be SPAM you can have your security software scan that particular email.

Obvious post of the day!

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