Spam Articles

Internet » Spam | By Bob Carper @ Wednesday, 7th February 2007 @ 4:32 PM

Have you ever received e-mail messages that threaten to close your PayPal or Ebay account unless you send them information? It's a scam called "phishing." It is pronounced "fishing." It means what it says. Internet scam artists are fishing for information. It comes from Internet fraudsters who send spam or pop-up messages to lure personal information from you. Their objective is to extract sensitive information from unsuspecting victims. The Federal Trade Commis... more...

Internet » Spam | By Jim Pretin @ Tuesday, 6th February 2007 @ 5:48 PM

Since the year 2004, there has been a sharp increase in the amount of investment spam we are receiving in our inbox. I personally receive up to 10 emails per day containing offers or lures to invest in various scams. It is estimated that millions of dollars are lost every year by people who have invested money in something they read about in an email. For the purposes of this discussion, we will outline each of the bogus investment opportunities that are circulating the internet so that if yo... more...

Internet » Spam | By Jim Pretin @ Wednesday, 24th January 2007 @ 2:27 PM

I receive approximately 5,000 emails containing spam each and every day. Well, maybe not that many, but it sure seems close to that figure. Spam is spiraling out of control and shows no signs of stopping. The question is, where does spam come from, and can you do anything about it? Most of the spam I receive in my inbox is sexually explicit, but I still like to look at it because some of this junk is actually quite entertaining. My personal favorites are offers to purchase discounted C... more...

Internet » Spam | By Keith George @ Wednesday, 3rd January 2007 @ 8:25 PM

Do you remember the quote from the Monty Python sketch in 1970. Then it was about canned meat. Spam is nowadays mostly known to be: sending nearly identical messages to a few or thousands (or millions) of recipients by e-mail (Wikipedia). Spam is best defined as unsolicited and unwanted commercial electronic messages or e-mails that are sent to large numbers of people. The term is also used to similar abuses in other media, like messengers and newsgroups. To maintain solid relation... more...

Internet » Spam | By Stephen Dolan @ Monday, 1st January 2007 @ 1:50 PM

Spam is the scourge of the Internet. Spam, as everyone knows, is the unsolicited advertisements that clog up email inboxes worldwide. Even occasional users of the Internet will know how annoying and time consuming spam can be: when logging onto the Internet to quickly check your email becomes a time consuming process of sorting through offers of romantic encounters and get rich quick schemes. An immigration law firm in Arizona is popularly described as sending the first intentional, mass ... more...

Internet » Spam | By Stephen Dolan @ Friday, 29th December 2006 @ 12:14 PM

Using the Internet can be a wonderfully rewarding and enjoyable experience. The only problem is that it can also open your computer up to infection with spyware. Although most of us regularly hear and viruses and trojans through the media, spyware can be much more harmful, and it's quite possible that you don't even know it's present on your computer. It's basically advertising spyware that gets installed on your computer, without your consent of knowledge. The tough... more...

Internet » Spam | By Claude Bourgoin @ Thursday, 21st December 2006 @ 4:17 PM

Of the many techniques to leach away value from web e-consumers and e-commerce in general, PHISHING is the worst and easiest to implement, all it takes is a web page look-a-like and an ip packet sniffer to gather email addresses. It's so easy in fact that it is wildly used and has reached epidemic proportions. The most targeted sites are banks, ecommerce sites like ebay and payment services like paypal. Generally phishers send email to target victims prompting them to login into fake look-... more...

Internet » Spam | By Bradley Smith @ Monday, 18th December 2006 @ 5:53 PM

Spam is malicious. It is not just annoying, but it can wreak havoc on your computer (not to mention your nerves) as long as you are connected to the internet. The fact is that spam does more than just send a few emails here and there. It actually can do a lot of destructive work, too. There are plenty of ways that spam can hurt your computer and even your business. Take a look at these dangers that are imposed on your computer regularly. Security: No matter if you are in b... more...

Internet » Spam | By Bradley Smith @ Saturday, 16th December 2006 @ 9:34 AM

One of the most common types of emails to be sent as spam includes those that have a pornographic and sexual nature to them. These emails are usually sent to thousands of people each day, including teens and children. Some of the pornographic emails are illusive to what can be had by clicking a link while others promptly display images of sexual related actions right in the email. In either case, both are dangerous and both should be worrisome to anyone that gets them. The Obvious Prob... more...

Internet » Spam | By Jim Pretin @ Thursday, 9th November 2006 @ 4:29 PM

I receive over 50 emails per day. Usually, close to 45 of them are spam. For the uninitiated, unsolicited marketing emails are considered spam. The amount of junk email being sent has spiraled out of control. Some people receive over 100 unsolicited messages per day! For the purposes of this article, we are going to examine the different methods employed by marketers to steal your email address, and whether or not anything can be done to put an end to spam once and for all. Most of t... more...

Internet » Spam | By Dave Poon @ Wednesday, 18th October 2006 @ 8:35 PM

Most people would define spam as unsolicited e-mail. They are e-mail messages which are mostly marketing schemes which crowd your Inbox. If you do not have an anti-spam software, you would have to sort through hundreds of junk mail before you can even get to read the e-mail messages which came from contacts whom you actually know. This is not just time consuming but annoying as well. Some people even find it offensive when companies get a hold of their e-mail addresses and send them mark... more...

Internet » Spam | By John Savage @ Wednesday, 20th September 2006 @ 10:32 AM

This article which you are about to read has been written because of a growing concern amongst all email users of the rise in spam emails which threatens to overwhelm us. How prevalent is Spam? According to Scott McAdams, OMA Public Affairs and Communications Department, studies show unsolicited or junk e-mail, known as spam, accounts for roughly half of all email messages received. Although once regarded as little more than a nuisance, the prevalence of spam has increased to the poin... more...

Internet » Spam | By Keith Londrie @ Saturday, 16th September 2006 @ 12:00 AM

Spam advertising for legitimate service and products is problematic enough. Although the issues that apply to the transmission and receipt of such spam are the same, the worst category of spam is for scams, hoaxes, and illegal schemes. Being aware of the common practices employed by spammers who are seeking to defraud you is essential to safeguarding your personal information, finances, and even your life. There are some very crooked people out there and you would be wise to stay on top of the... more...

Internet » Spam | By Keith Londrie @ Friday, 15th September 2006 @ 10:16 AM

Spam only occurs when the spammer is able to get your email address. They have a variety of methods for doing this, some legal and some not. Either way, the result is the same. You have become a spam victim. The single most important action that you can take to prevent spam from occurring is to keep your email address off of those lists. There are a number of ways that this can be accomplished, starting with never giving out your address to anyone whom you do not know or are not conducting ... more...

Internet » Spam | By Keith Londrie @ Friday, 15th September 2006 @ 12:16 AM

A white-list is a list of email senders whom you trust and would like to receive mail from. Conversely, a blacklist contains those that are not to be trusted. Blacklists need to be configured and administered on a server, at the ISP (Internet Service Provider) level or on your network. If you do not have such access, and most people do not, you can use the blacklists by choosing email services from companies that use such blacklisting techniques. A mail server is designated as having a... more...

Internet » Spam | By Keith Londrie @ Friday, 15th September 2006 @ 12:15 AM

Most of us have opened our email program and found, alongside correspondence from people that we know, offers for products from commercial web sites. Some of these emails we expect. We have asked to be notified of sales and other opportunities or joined a mailing list offered by the company. Many times, however, the offers are from companies that we have never done business with and may have never even heard of. This is Spam, unsolicited bulk email, and can quickly lead to a massive overload... more...

Internet » Spam | By Jim Pretin @ Thursday, 14th September 2006 @ 11:14 PM

We have all had this experience. You log into your email account and discover that you have some new messages. Fervent with anticipation, you open your inbox, only to find nothing but solicitations and spam. Most of the spam that I get in my inbox is abhorrent, but I still like to look at it because some of it is quite entertaining. My favorites include subjects such as 95% discounts on Canadian Viagra, quotes for 80 year mortgages, and ads for practically every sort of pornographic we... more...

Internet » Spam | By Dave Poon @ Wednesday, 13th September 2006 @ 4:02 AM

E-mail has now been misused and one proof is the existence of spam e-mail. It is irritating to see that your mailbox is full just because of these spam e-mail. Thus, you need to delete these unwanted e-mails before you even get a glimpse of the important ones. So instead of manually deleting these spam e-mail, it is recommended that you download or purchase an antispam software. Spam also poses a threat to internet users because it may contain virus which can infect your computer ... more...

Internet » Spam | By Dave Poon @ Sunday, 10th September 2006 @ 3:07 PM

Before reviewing the effectiveness of the various anti-spam software available in the market, it is good to have a first-hand knowledge of what it really is. First, what is spam? Spam is basically unwanted e-mail messages, usually commercial in nature, which is sent to a bulk of e-mail addresses. When this type of message falls on your Inbox, it is quite annoying to have to sort through the e-mail messages that you don't need and those that you actually need to read. more...

Internet » Spam | By Dave Poon @ Monday, 4th September 2006 @ 5:43 PM

Spam is term as any unwanted email that is coming to your mailbox. These spam mails can be dangerous because some may even contain viruses which can ruin your computer system. Some may even try to steal your password and personal information such as credit card number. Spam has been one of the common problems of internet users. When you go online and check your mail, the chances of having an email which came from unfamiliar email address is very high. So what you will usually do ... more...