Geoid Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I logged on to Google Mail today, and saw in horror, that I had 61 spam messages! In just one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Are you sure they are actually spam Fred? Googlemail has decided in its infinite wisdom to start delivering half of my Freecycle posts in the spam box, very annoying Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Yes, they are all from dogey online pharmacys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I get about that amount a day too Fred Most of them offer to enlarge a part that I don't even have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyknickers Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Same here - I sent it on to husband but dont think he found it funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Our company's email server was broken into the other week. Another company looks after it all for us. They closed it down as soon as they noticed the breach but that wasn't before over 4000 emails were sent 'from our company' encouraging people to try certain blue little pills too. Very frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I get about that amount a day too Fred Most of them offer to enlarge a part that I don't even have! # I get them also but not so many since I stopped freecycle!!!?? probs on freecycle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I've started getting those dodgy blue pill e-mails from myself I don't know how they got me to do it, they must have hypnotised me when I was drunk. They obviously aren't gonna make much money by getting me to try and sell things to myself. If I have them to sell I would let myself have them for free. Knowing my luck I would get one stuck in my throat and end up with a stiff neck. Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I get them also but not so many since I stopped freecycle!!!?? probs on freecycle? Could be. Freecycle gets lots of spammers who harvest e.mail addresses, its almost impossible to stop. Having said that I am a member of two Freecycle groups and I almost never get spam, so who knows? Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyknickers Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I've started getting those dodgy blue pill e-mails from myself I don't know how they got me to do it, they must have hypnotised me when I was drunk. They obviously aren't gonna make much money by getting me to try and sell things to myself. If I have them to sell I would let myself have them for free. Knowing my luck I would get one stuck in my throat and end up with a stiff neck. Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 OH gets loads of those funny tablet ones. I tend to get the "new line to contact us as you have an account with us and you have been having lots of problems trying to get through" or something like. Amazing considering I do not have an account with those banks and when you pass the mouse over the contact name it usually shows up as some advertising company. I just like to see who is sending me the rubbish. Today my mum got through the post an enormous envelope - inside were vouchers for £400 from DFS. Now as my mum has some lovely new furniture from Laura Ashley, why would she get that from DFS? Plus she is on the mail preferential service. They are so going to be reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I get well over 100 spams every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I'm on Hotmail and only get roughly one per week, and that goes straight into my junk box. I'm on Freecycle too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Knowing my luck I would get one stuck in my throat and end up with a stiff neck. Very good, Kev I hardly get any spam on my Yahoo email these days. I think they must have a really good filter. I generally only get the banking ones or the begging ones on Blueyonder. Not enough to get cross about, luckily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I get hardly any with BT - that's why I stick with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Same here. The ones that do get through usually are the ones that just require me to send £25 admin so that I can receive my inheritance from an uncle I didn't know I had in Malawi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 i get ones from guys in Africa calling me "dear" etc and telling me I have inheritied money from someone I dont know. I also get offered pills to spice up certain parts of my life!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 My ISP filters most of them out and the junk mail feature on outlook takes care of the rest, so I very rarely get any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Today my mum got through the post an enormous envelope - inside were vouchers for £400 from DFS. Now as my mum has some lovely new furniture from Laura Ashley, why would she get that from DFS? Plus she is on the mail preferential service. They are so going to be reported. DH has just opened up an identical envelope! Someone Freecycled her vouchers the other day...wonder how many replies she got Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Today my mum got through the post an enormous envelope - inside were vouchers for £400 from DFS. Now as my mum has some lovely new furniture from Laura Ashley, why would she get that from DFS? Plus she is on the mail preferential service. They are so going to be reported. DH has just opened up an identical envelope! Someone Freecycled her vouchers the other day...wonder how many replies she got Sha x I got these yesterday and they are in the bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Since I decided to alter my freecycle mail and only choose to go to the freecycle site and see the ads my spam mail this weekend has dropped dramatically so I can assume that most of it was coming from freecycle - Its easy to change this option on the freecycle pages and worth a try if you are bothered like I was with spam all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
