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my first spam into gmail

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by letsmakeamillion, Apr 13, 2005.

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    i thought i would never get spam... have only given out my gmail email to a select few people but have used it as signup email for

    ebay, etrade, digitalpoint and a few others...

    how on earth did the spammers find me????

    on my website i put the email address in an image so that the bots could not pick it up..
     
    letsmakeamillion, Apr 13, 2005 IP
  2. toddieg

    toddieg Peon

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    spammers are clever these days. :D
     
    toddieg, Apr 13, 2005 IP
  3. dct

    dct Finder of cool gadgets

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    You'll also find spammers do mass mailings to random addresses, I've had spam in accounts that don't even exist, slimeballs
     
    dct, Apr 13, 2005 IP
  4. marinaroz

    marinaroz Member

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    The only thing that seems to spam my gmail is Microsoft. I signed up for a newsletter months age, and they keep sending me stuff, even though I unsubscribed various times...
     
    marinaroz, Apr 15, 2005 IP
  5. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    Yeah, random blocks of letters are strung together and emails are just fired off by the million using the zombie-pc networks available for the job. Some are bound to hit the target.
     
    mcfox, Apr 15, 2005 IP
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    debunked Prominent Member

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    I get spammed on an address I only used for e-bay ever since I signed up on e-bay. It isn't often, but it tells me they sell to their "partners".
     
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  7. capebretoner

    capebretoner Well-Known Member

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    No kidding, I get emails to "something"@the-party.org all of the time. I think that once spammers find a domain that works they just go for it.....
     
    capebretoner, Apr 15, 2005 IP