Spamtastic - Who do you get the most junk mail from?

Ice Tea · 22 Sep 2019 at 13:37

Just checked an account that's been idle for about 3 months and it had a couple of hundred from Gumtree ( just because i asked a seller a question about a item ) and about the same again from a facebook spammer even though i don't use facebook. :rolleyes:

I'm sure i've not thought this topic through properly when references to Enlargement devices start being posted.

dowie · 22 Sep 2019 at 14:02

Surely if you're getting loads from a large established company it is because you've already agreed to receive mails and should tick the relevant box/setting to stop receiving it.

G-MAN2004 · 22 Sep 2019 at 14:04

I don't get any spam anymore.

Rroff · 22 Sep 2019 at 17:03

My main account gets hardly any spam these days, my second account gets quite a lot of mailshots from 1-2 companies I once bought Christmas presents for people from several years ago (despite unticking any marketing options) and "Expert Reviews" which I've had for years and not sure what originally started that - probably some long dead subscription to a PC mag or something I had. They just get auto filtered into the spam folder anyhow rather than trying to unsubscribe, etc.

Malevolence · 22 Sep 2019 at 17:10

I don't know why, but I used to get multiple emails per hour from something called ASDA Dating. I ended up setting a rule for it in GMail.

ThePainBarrier · 22 Sep 2019 at 17:11

My hotmail account has been getting around 10 spam emails a day for the last couple of months.

Apparently Medium Amanda has important news for me. I have mentally projected to her what she can do with her important news but she keeps sending them. Obviously not a very good medium!
The rest tend to be "You have won, just click this link" type of emails.

On the plus side, I haven't got any from "Canadian Pharmacy" for awhile.

My Gmail continues to be spam free.

Fubsy · 22 Sep 2019 at 17:20

Malevolence said:
I don't know why, but I used to get multiple emails per hour from something called ASDA Dating. I ended up setting a rule for it in GMail.

Was it primarily ASDA checkout girl recommendations/wanting to connect?

Puzzled · 22 Sep 2019 at 19:35

Some horny muppet in the US has signed up to a load of "dating" sites using one my main emails which is both annoying and funny. I get about 10 - 15 spam emails like this every day with no way of unsubscribing so just get deleted in the junk folder.

"Hi there
I wanted to ask you point blank: how about indulging in amazing sexual explorations along with a girl looking to do something about that lust of hers.
Here is something I need: to take on a capable and passionate lover that will ravish me in public bathrooms when we go on dates"

I think the public bathrooms line is a bit much, you have to pay to use some of them now

Randomface74 · 22 Sep 2019 at 19:38

I have really strong filters, so whatever the spam is, I don't see it.

peterwalkley · 22 Sep 2019 at 19:41

My work email is worse than my personal emails. Blocking domains seems to have no effect. Most of it is people flogging conferences and research reports with the odd recruiter touting for business thrown in.

Been years since any retired Nigerian generals needed my help.

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Rannoch · 23 Sep 2019 at 01:33

ThePainBarrier said:
My hotmail account has been getting around 10 spam emails a day for the last couple of months.

Apparently Medium Amanda has important news for me. I have mentally projected to her what she can do with her important news but she keeps sending them. Obviously not a very good medium!
The rest tend to be "You have won, just click this link" type of emails.

On the plus side, I haven't got any from "Canadian Pharmacy" for awhile.

My Gmail continues to be spam free.

Medium Amanda hitting me hard also lol

Maccy · 23 Sep 2019 at 04:00

I sometimes check my gmail spam and most of it is ‘earn thousands with bitcoin’ or ‘meet you local **** buddy tonight’

Kainz · 23 Sep 2019 at 08:29

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No matter how many times I unsub I still get emails and I just can't find the time to email them about this. I get 3-4 a week in my Gmail inbox

Ice Tea · 27 Apr 2021 at 11:19

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I bet he is kicking himself , no edit on 1000s of emails.

chroniclard · 27 Apr 2021 at 11:21

Dont seem to get any into the inbox, gmail is pretty good for filtering it out. Everything else I have either subscribed to at some point, though I regularly have an unsubscribe session.

dlockers · 27 Apr 2021 at 11:23

I have a couple of "gold" emails; ones that get mistaken for other peoples/close to people who have the same email but for some reason folk often miss off the suffix number or whatever.

Not spam, but much more interesting. One was a Waitrose employee staff room poster, occasional dick pics, and a course on bricklaying. Been quiet for ages which is disappointing.

Rroff · 27 Apr 2021 at 11:28

dLockers said:
One was a Waitrose employee staff room poster

I had a genuine email from someone once who was looking for supermarket retail uniform, goodness knows why maybe a fetish - for some reason one of my friends, who works in retail and was approached through social media, thought it amusing to give the person my email address.

Apparently they particularly wanted used Argos or Asda branded uniform trousers...

FBi7 · 27 Apr 2021 at 11:31

My hotmail account has been getting a lot of spam of late. Most of it ends up in my spam folder automatically, but the odd one or two slip through to my inbox. Seems to come in waves.

potatolord · 27 Apr 2021 at 11:47

peterwalkley said:
My work email is worse than my personal emails. Blocking domains seems to have no effect. Most of it is people flogging conferences and research reports with the odd recruiter touting for business thrown in.

Been years since any retired Nigerian generals needed my help.

My work email receives similar spam. It's got worse in the last quarter.