How do spammers get your email address?
Jimkats1
Hey everyone
2nd part of the 2nd mission of the 25 comments
Welcome to another off-topic article 😃
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This time, the reasons it was published were that in eGreece's arthrography there are only two articles, I've read the following article and found it useful for you to know and for the mission of 25 comments (2nd part). 😁
So, just to get you in point, spammers can be either actual people or bots which automate the job of the actual people.
The spams you get at your email, may be dangerous (that is to infect your computer by downloading the attachments or clicking a link that provided) or simply annoying messages.
Those spams, despite the filters used by the mail services, may not always be in your Junk folder, but in your Inbox.
Anyway, let's continue with the actual article.
There are several common ways that spammers can get your email address:
1. Crawling the web for the @ sign. Spammers and cybercriminals use sophisticated tools to scan the web and harvest email addresses. If you publicly post your email address online, a spammer will find it.
2. Making good guesses… and lots of them. Cybercriminals use tools to generate common user names and pair them with common domains. These tools are similar to the ones that are used to crack passwords. And they work.
3. Tricking your friends. Even if you know better than to publicly post your email address on the web, it could still be stored in the email inbox of anyone who’s ever emailed you or whom you’ve ever emailed. Cybercriminals can steal contact lists or use social engineering to trick people into giving them access.
4. Buying lists. Spammers can purchase lists legally and illegally. When you sign up for a website or a service, make sure you read the privacy policy carefully to find out what the site plans to do with your email address.
It pays to keep your email address as private as possible, but sometimes it seems like there’s nothing you can do to keep it out of the hands of spammers. For this reason you have to combine smart privacy practices with strong email filters.
All of the most recent versions of Microsoft’s email services (including Hotmail) use a strong filter called SmartScreen.
Source: Cyber Trust Blog of Microsoft
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Σχόλιο, μόνο για την αποστολή. Το άρθρο ήταν μάπα
Όπως κι εσύ.
Και αφού το άρθρο είναι μάπα, είναι και ο δημιουργός του. Εσύ δηλαδή.
Κι εσύ και το κόμμα σου μάπα είστε, αλλά δεν φωνάζουμε κιόλας.
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In the immortal words of Monty Python's Flying Circus: SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eYSuPKP3Y
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Στην Ελλάδα ήταν διαδεδομένο το 4.
Ωστόσο ο καλύτερος τρόπος ήταν η εγγραφή σε πολλές (e)mailing lists: Οι καράμπαμπες που τις έστελναν έβαζαν τις διευθύνσεις email στο CC και όχι στο BCC 😃
(πρώην επαγγελματίας spammer)
Κάπως έτσι λάμβανα σπαμ email παλιότερα με στο CC να υπάρχουν γύρω στα 50 email με διεύθυνση κοντά στην δικιά μου, αλλά άγνωστα εντελώς...
Μιλάμε για εκατοντάδες emails πολιτικών, δημοσιογράφων, hr κ.ο.κ. Αυτά την εποχή μεταξύ 1999 και 2005. Μετά σταμάτησα να ασχολούμαι
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χρησιμη πληροφορια φιλε,ναεισαι καλα
Ρε Τζιμ, σωραιος! Ασε τον αμιγκο να κλαιει
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There is a fifth way...just send me your email and I 'll send you the details 😃