Targeted by spammer -- HOW DO I STOP THIS?
I am being targeted by a spammer who is sending junk emails as if the emails are coming from a genealogical society -- However, the name of the genealogical society is always misspelled and the missp...
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This is exactly what my electronics tech hubby and I were discussing a few weeks ago! Like you say, they do this to continue to get past the anti-spam filter. Hubby told me that the best I could do was delete them as they come in. I was hoping someone had a more lasting solution. <grin> This is annoying! Thanks for the reply.
WiderMouthOpen (not your Hubby but a forum member) previously wrote some Cox accounts were compromised a few months/years ago. You may have been one. I suppose the effect is just phishing attempts.
I haven't received any spam (beam) but I've also never used webmail. I use Outlook. So it's hard to tell why some subscribers are harassed and some not. Maybe users were compromised during the new webmail transition or perhaps my credentials weren't in the batch of stolen accounts.
I've also never received spam in my 10-year-old Gmail account. Never. Maybe Cox should call Goog for help.
