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Spam Emails and Spamming
Do you receive lots of junk email messages from people you don't know? It's no surprise if you do. As more people use email, marketers are increasingly using email messages to pitch their products and services. Some consumers find unsolicited commercial email - also known as "spam" (Sending junk mail electronically is called "spamming") annoying and time consuming; others have lost money to bogus offers that arrived in their email in-box. Scams may find you via your email address. Treat unsolicited emails with the same caution you would junk mail. .
While there seems to be no perfect solution to spamming, our advice is to:
- complain to your internet service provider (ISP) and to the spammer's ISP - and remember to include the junk mail's entire header
- don't respond - you simply confirm your address to the spammer
- Check here for a list of companies that use spam to promote their products - never purchase anything from these companies. Send us a copy of spam and we will add the company to the list.
- if the spammer is a US address, email your spam to the spam recycling centre at spamrecycle@ChooseYourMail.com (they will forward the message to state and federal authorities
- don't offer your email address to any websites that don't have a privacy policy
- set up a private email address for friends and associates and use a free web-based email address (like Yahoo or Hotmail) for any interactions you have with other websites and companies
- try to filter your email - a link at the scam busters site will show you exactly how to do this. Or your ISP might provide a filtering service or be able to tell you how to set one up yourself.
Spam - What it is and what to do about it!
This page has information about the Federal Trade Commission's recent law enforcement actions against deceptive commercial email and spammers' responsibilities under the CAN-SPAM law. In the "For Consumers" section, you'll find tips on how to reduce the amount of spam email in your in-box.
- Keep Your Email Address Unlisted: There Is No "National Do Not Email Registry"
- How Not to Get Hooked by a ‘Phishing’ Scam
- National Do Not Email Registry: A Report to Congress
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The CAN-SPAM Act: Requirements for Commercial Emailers
Limiting Spam
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Ready to Pop Your Top Over "Pop Up Spam"? Here's How to Make
it Stop [PDF
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Here's How to Make it Stop Informs home computer users about how to stop Microsoft Windows Messenger pop up spam. -
You've Got Spam: How to "Can" Unwanted Emails [PDF
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Putting a Lid on Deceptive Spam [PDF
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Consumer Features Article
Spam Scams
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Who's Spamming Who? Could it Be You? [PDF
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Informs home computer users that their computers may be used - without their knowledge - to send spam. -
Keep Your Email Address Unlisted: There Is No
"National Do Not Email Registry" [PDF
version]
Explains that that there is no "National Do Not Email Registry" and consumers should not share their personal information with anyone who claims to represent one. -
What's In Your In-box? [PDF
version]
Gives tips for limiting the amount of unsolicited commercial email you receive and provides guidance on reporting that spam.
Protecting Your Personal Information
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Email Address Harvesting: How Spammers Reap What You Sow
[PDF
version]
Explains ways computer users can minimize the amount of spam they receive.
Other credible sources of information:
- Internet Education Foundation Spam Tips
- Federal Trade Commission - "Break the Chain" Homepage
- organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - Work on Spam
- Alaska Attorney General
- Alaska State Troopers
- Alberta Government Services
- British Columbia Securities Commission
- British Columbia Solicitor General
- Canada's Competition Bureau
- Canada's Electronic Commerce Branch - English or French
- Idaho Attorney General
- Montana Department of Administration
- Norwegian Post and Telecommunication Authority
- Oregon Department of Justice
- United Kingdom's Department of Trade and Industry
- Washington Attorney General
- Washington State Department of Financial Institutions
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Wyoming Attorney General
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