Avoid Spam E-mail or disruptive Spam or junk mail (in Indonesian language means junk mail) that are distributed via e-mail is very disturbing for most people. When they check your inbox or e-mail inbox, there are hundreds of spam e-mails sent by unknown people in your personal e-mail. Some e-mail providers like Yahoo and Google for free even have anti-spam systems that sophisticated, but still there are many e-mail spam or junk mail that is distributed by spammers who still can you meet in your own electronic mailbox . What should be done to overcome the entry of e-mails that were not invited and this is disturbing?
Spam or Junk Mail
Not all e-mail spam or junk mail is not really useful. Sometimes a few e-mails from business relations also go into spam or junk folder in your electronic mailbox. Anti-spam systems will usually perform weighting and assessment of all incoming e-mail. If it contains words commonly found in an e-mail spam, the system will automatically enter and classify e-mail in spam or junk mail folder. There are different ways of weighting and assessment carried out by anti-spam system, either in an e-mail client like Outlook and Thunderbird, as well as on webmail such as Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and other similar webmail.
E-mail anything that can be classed as spam or junk mail? Most e-mails classified as spam or junk mail is usually in the form of promotions, advertising, and even fraud. Here are some examples of categories of spam e-mail:
Pyramid System
If you receive an e-mail containing an invitation to participate in a system with the pyramid model, the e-mails can be classified as spam. Usually you will be offered to participate in their pyramid system with small capital and promised hereafter hope that you will earn millions of rupiah in a short time. Usually you will be asked to invite a friend or relation you to join the bid commission or profit sharing.
Another variation of this type of e-mail is an e-mail chain to spread this invitation by the lure of prizes. Generally this type of e-mails always contain a sentence like: "Please send this e-mail to 10 friends, then you will soon get a gift of a brand new notebook A". These activities are illegal and fraud.
Health and Diet
Some e-mail offers health or diet products that look great. E-mail like this quite often sent, especially from abroad. Suppose you had quotes a pill or medicine that can make you slim without the need to exercise and certain diets. Even within the e-mail also inserted a few testimonials that users feel the benefits of this drug.
Some traps are frequently used phrase in e-mail address is eg: "Recent scientific breakthroughs," "miraculous cure," "secret formula", or even "traditional ingredients." Depending on the sender, may be in English or Indonesian. In fact, most of these special products just a scam, because it has no effect as advertised.
Business Bid
E-mail of this type typically offer business cooperation with big profits, but only with a small capital and risk. The most common version involves an investment in the bank is dark. Investors were lured with guarantees that the people who handle the money they have connections to some seniors and have information from insiders. Therefore, e-mail like this often includes the name of famous people as their modus operandi.
Sweepstakes or Prize Winner
You receive an e-mail saying that you are the winner of a special tour package or winning the lottery. Or some other variation that you selected as a gift for someone special. It also represents a compelling sense of emotion fraud by someone who was so excited because winning a valuable prize. Remember that e-mail like this is not accepted by your own. E-mail the same ads are also sent to millions of others to fool them that they are the only winners or people elected.
Heritage
You got an e-mail that there is someone who has died and bequeath a sum of money in large quantities. Even reach the millions of dollars. E-mail like this is also a fraud. Generally e-mail like this come from African countries, but does not close the possibility of other countries. Usually e-mails like this are often used to get your financial information is private and can be misused in the future by the swindler.
Phishing Mail
Phishing means fool. E-mail like this is truly deceptive. For example, you'll be sent an e-mail from the bank explaining that you need to fix your personal data in the bank's web site. Then you're given a link or links to websites "official" bank. Fake web site page it's really similar to the official website so you will be very easy to get caught if not careful. If you click on that link, you start to get stuck. If you login or fill out personal data on the site, then you really are trapped and deceived. If you receive e-mails like that, ignore, or contact your bank directly.
Avoiding Phishing or Spam Mail
Because the number of e-mail spam or junk mail that very much and it usually only form of promotion, advertising to interference and fraud, it is necessary preventive measures to prevent such an e-mail flooding your electronic mailbox. In fact, often times these e-mails sometimes get into the Inbox folder because the system is to recognize the anti-spam e-mail. Whatever steps that must be done to avoid e-mail spam or junk mail?
Ignore Phishing, Spam Mail
The easiest step is to ignore e-mails such as those described in the previous explanation, or from people who are not known. If you answer or reply to e-mail, then the next you'll be inundated with offers and types of fraud through other e-mail. Usually if you reply or answer, then e-mail you will be treated as active so that the spreaders will be more active again spam e-mails sent.
Avoid Forward
Avoid doing a forward or forward e-mail haphazardly. If you receive e-mails that interesting or funny, and wanted to continue to your friends, just enter your friends name in the BCC. Thus, e-mail addresses of your friends will be protected from the spread spam or spammers. Also delete the e-mail list that appears at the contents of the e-mail before you forward an e-mail. Additionally, custom e-mail frequently so continue to make increasingly heavy data traffic.
Be careful in Different Web Site
Be careful when registering your e-mail to web sites of unknown reputation. Avoid fill out a form requesting personal information and e-mail you if the origin of the e-mail or web site that is not you identify with. Do not click on links in e-mail address at random which will take you to a phishing site so you can really get caught and deceived.
Create e-mail your Permanent Secret
Do not include your e-mail address on a blog or website, if you do not want to be disturbed by the spread spam or spammers. Usually spammers have automated systems that will directly send e-mail spam to every e-mail addresses that were found in the blog page or website. However, if you aim to sell products or do business on the Internet, use e-mail different special e-mail with your personal.
Create Multiple E-mail Address
Another step is to create multiple e-mail address. A personal e-mail address, one e-mail address for mailing lists and sign up at various sites (e-mail address that will accommodate a lot of spam), and another e-mail address for business.
System Use
You can use either a software or hardware systems to avoid the various e-mail spam. This system can dispose of various e-mail that is suspected as spam.
Send e-mail is one of the easiest ways to communicate with others in the current era of technology. However, keep the e-mail address carefully. Do not until you become a victim of fraud because the crime is more prevalent in the online world.
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