Uptick in email spam getting to inbox?
- Thread starter Stu999
- Start date
Soldato
No, but its always a game of cat and mouse. The spammers find ways round the filters and then the filters improve. Keep reporting them as spam to your provider. I get very little spam at all, its a novelty when one does get through.
Permabanned
- Joined
- 9 Aug 2008
- Posts
- 35,708
Yep I have seen an increase of spam but it’s where by DMARC fails and it goes into the spam folder.
However, some are getting through the filters and are appearing in inbox but I mark as spam and report it.
Isn’t loads but there’s an increase of spam though.
However, some are getting through the filters and are appearing in inbox but I mark as spam and report it.
Isn’t loads but there’s an increase of spam though.
Caporegime
I’m not finding myself subject to any additional email spam, regardless of provider (got a mix of self-hosted, Google apps and Microsoft 365).
I am however getting increasingly annoyed with pre-recorded Chinese calls regarding deliveries that I must pay for. I’m really confused how this scam is supposed to work, targeting Chinese speakers first on UK numbers seems more than a little stupid, even for scammers). I mean, they ultimately play the message again in English, but why?
I am however getting increasingly annoyed with pre-recorded Chinese calls regarding deliveries that I must pay for. I’m really confused how this scam is supposed to work, targeting Chinese speakers first on UK numbers seems more than a little stupid, even for scammers). I mean, they ultimately play the message again in English, but why?
Last edited:
Permabanned
- Joined
- 9 Aug 2008
- Posts
- 35,708
It’s all down to the mail filtering systems. There’s a thing now where spammers are signing up to likes of hotmail, outlook, gmail etc and using these to spam so the emails get through with no delivery issues what so ever.
Another thing about getting spam is that it means some scum has your email.
I recently found out my ancient email is getting constantly brute forced or having a list cycled on it. Every couple of minutes an attempt is made and microsoft has months and years of logs of this.
I recently found out my ancient email is getting constantly brute forced or having a list cycled on it. Every couple of minutes an attempt is made and microsoft has months and years of logs of this.
Yeah, I should change my email but I can’t be arsed. It got leaked from some obscure forum hack ages ago.
That's true, at work most if not all the spam that reaches our clients inboxes are from gmail, sad part is because it's from gmail people instantly think that it's not spam!
Soldato
A lot of my spam emails include a "click here to unsubscribe" link, but I'm loathed to click them, in case I simply confirm my email addy is real and I get bombarded with even more spam!
Outlook is genrally quite good at filtering spam straight to the junk folder, but some spam of a very similar nature ends up in my inbox and some emails from places I subscribe to always end up in the junk folder.
Outlook is genrally quite good at filtering spam straight to the junk folder, but some spam of a very similar nature ends up in my inbox and some emails from places I subscribe to always end up in the junk folder.
Permabanned
- Joined
- 9 Aug 2008
- Posts
- 35,708
Yeh don’t do that unless it’s from a valid company. If you click unsubscribe they know your email is active and spam you more.
Soldato
Been ages since I saw spam, if your provider is good and you follow basic hygiene it's a thing of the past.
Don
Yeah, I’m getting bombarded by “macfee” “screwfix” and “Morrisons” spam. It’s all from Hotmail acounts in France and Spain so blatantly obvious it’s not legit.
Soldato
I get a lot of Viagra mail but it all goes to my junk folder.
I think Yahoo is just ****. Most are going to the junk folder but still getting at least one per day make it through.
Caporegime
Had quite a few through this week on Yahoo.