Help - I'm being SPAMED to death!
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
June 1, 2016 6:28am CST
I have been very lucky in the fact that I get very little SPAM in my inbox. Most 'junk' goes to the 'junk' file. However, starting yesterday afternoon I have been inundated with all kinds of SPAM. Some tell me I've been approved to have my roof fixed (my roof has no issues!) while others tell me how to fix my sex life (again, that has no issues either!).
When I logged in a short time ago I must have deleted 100 SPAM messages. Yesterday it was around 200. Since I've never had this problem before I have no clue if there is something I can do, other than deleting them. Any ideas/suggestions/thoughts would be appreciated.
I use Outlook.com and I have a hotmail e-mail addy.
Thanks in advance.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
@miniam It's finished. Have not gotten any since early this morning.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
Nope - when/if I do I use a totally different e-mail account.
@miniam (9151)
• Bern, Switzerland
1 Jun 16
@AbbyGreenhill
then wait,nothing more you can do really maybe who ever is sending the spam will get tired.
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
1 Jun 16
I have often wondered why some spam gets through to our inbox instead of going where it belongs. It must be some trick those companies who want me to buy their non stick copper pans, and to donate to their presidential campaign know about
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
Its crazy isn't it. I gets lots of junk in the junk folder which is easy to empty - getting them out of the inbox takes a little more time.
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
1 Jun 16
I get a lot of spam in my junk box in my e-mail on a daily basis. If I didn't delete my junk e-mail daily, I would accumulate thousands of spam.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
I don't care when it goes to junk folder, these are in in box. I delete a total of more than 400 e-mails a day.
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@missjessicadawn (3286)
• United States
2 Jun 16
Have you given your email address somewhere online recently?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
2 Jun 16
No - it seems there was some kind of problem that has now been fixed.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
1 Jun 16
that is really hard, any solution here will be my assistance too in the future spam in my inbox
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
I'm sure someone will have some answers (I hope!)
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
I don't have to change anything. I never had a problem in all the years I've used this. It seems that the problem has ended anyway.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
Since this morning, only one more came thru so I can live with that.
@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
1 Jun 16
contact admins? there must have been a breach to their spam filter system.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
I might as well try to contact the president....LOL
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
1 Jun 16
I use gmail and have pretty high spam filters and a folder it goes too, I get it too, but I take a ten second scan and then just empty the folder. outlook at work wont let spam even in. Haven't used hotmail reg in some time, so not sure how it's junk filters work.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt LOL! I have g-mail but not as my main one - I don't really care for it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
These are going into my inbox - I know how to quickly get rid of those in the 'junk' folder. It seems to have stopped - only got one more so maybe whoever got bored. Chrome is an operating system.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
1 Jun 16
@AbbyGreenhill lol oops, I meant gmail, fixed!
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
1 Jun 16
I haven't run into that problem yet, hope it stays that way, cause I wouldn't know how to fix it.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jun 16
That's a sudden ton of spam. I heard there has been an outbreak of email addresses being harvested and sold so maybe this is a result. Otherwise, I have found spam goes in cycles. You can be bombarded for awhile then die down to a trickle for awhile.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Jun 16
I changed my password not long ago. I was out for two hours, came home, and only one spamish type e-mail, so maybe the worst is over.
@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
1 Jun 16
I wish I could help you but I don't have a clue.
