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Q. I went to a free easy X-Box site and now I am getting bombarded with spam and E-mails, even though I immediately opted out and have never( to my knowledge), even requested information, (they ask you which things you MIGHT be interested in, and after you click on a certain # of them then they tell you what the requirements to get your X-Box are ), at which point I terminated the connection as I was no longer interested and as far as I understood I had to click continue or "agree" or something which I did not do. Anyway, I have opted out of a ton of different offers, and tried to follow any instructions I could to get this stopped, but one outfit :" Topconsumer gifts" continues to send me E-mails and farm out my adress to others, although… [cont.] Asked by Al Moes Kraesee - Tue Aug 28 20:25:34 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well, you've done just about everything wrong that you could do. You went to a website and signed up for something that was supposed to be "free." It isn't free, obviously, and now they have your email address as well as your IP address! So, then you start trying to "unsubscribe" to the spam you are receiving. That's even worse. By this time, your email address has probably been sold half a dozen times. You haven't "opted out" of things, you've just continued to respond. You can close your email box, let it sit and collect mail while you open another one and NEVER do this dumb stuff again, or you can stop with the opt out and unsubscribe stuff, and put everything you get from someone you don't know, in SPAM. It will take a while, but… [cont.] Answered by lucee - Tue Aug 28 20:32:53 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "e-mail spam" |
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