SPAM Sucks!

Posted on August 23, 2007
Filed Under Just For Fun |

I know my plight is not new to any of you that have your own blogs and or websites. Heck…if you just have an email account, you probably suffer from the dreaded SPAM! My gosh…how can man or machine pump out so much crap?

Actually my home/personal account doesn’t get that much. The occasional email telling me I’ve won some exorbitant amount of money. But the spammers have definitely found my contact addresses for my websites and blogs! Fortunately, the email program I’m using is pretty accurate at flagging the spam, so clicking check-boxes and hitting “delete all” cleans it out…but it’s still annoying. No matter how many times I tell them I don’t need Viagra or Cialis, they still keep sending me the emails! :)

The latest little trick I’ve seen is the email saying that I’ve successfully up for some website, and here is my password and user ID. “Just click on this link to change your password”. Now it’s pretty obvious that I haven’t signed up for these sites…but to the unsuspecting, they might feel they should investigate further. I don’t even know what the scam involves as I haven’t even looked into it, but I’m sure they try and get your password and personal information somehow. Ahhh…the tricks never end!

Just ranting a little this morning. As you can see…my posting has been very slow as of late. Between my “real” job and trying to put together some other sites and blogs, I seem to have over-extended myself once again. I’m afraid it shows as well in the number of visitors I’m getting. :( I promise to try and do better!

I had to tell you though, one of the latest blogs I’ve put together is for my high school graduating class. It’s a simple blog that will hopefully allow our group to stay in touch online and maybe plan a get-together every now and then. I’m having fun with it!

Ok…gotta go! Sincerely wish I could hang around and write more, but work beckons me!

Comments

20 Responses to “SPAM Sucks!”

  1. jews on August 27th, 2007 6:33 am

    Yeah, I know what you mean.
    However, gmail works for me just fine in filtering SPAM.

  2. Jocko on August 27th, 2007 8:33 am

    It’s problem we all just have to deal with, Spammers are always one step ahead of the filters. Once people stop actully falling for the scams then the spam will stop hopefully, but there is always someone who is just dim enough to fall for one of these scams.

  3. Chris on August 27th, 2007 8:44 pm

    Jocko - I agree…I hate it, but I suppose there isn’t much you can do. Thanks for dropping by!
    Chris

  4. Jew on August 28th, 2007 8:15 am

    Hi! I do need Viagra! Why don’t I get it? hihihi
    I don’t mind as long as it goes directly to my spam box.

  5. Chris on August 28th, 2007 9:46 pm

    Jew - Haha! I hear ya!
    I have to admit my spam filter works pretty darn well.

  6. parenting tips on August 30th, 2007 6:42 pm

    Peter’s Anti-Spam plugin works great on wordpress. It’s captcha based, but you define the words, and they’re actually very readable.

  7. Chris on September 3rd, 2007 9:10 pm

    parenting tips - Thanks for the info! I’ll check into that.

  8. ashley gilmour on September 13th, 2007 9:31 am

    i hate spam, the blatently obvious ones are just so cheeky. no i do not want a bigger penis!!!!

  9. Killer on September 23rd, 2007 9:23 am

    Spams is really driving me crazy. Sometimes I tend to believe on them. Maybe sometimes I’m just greedy for money. They sent me many kinds of emails, mentioned that I’ve won a lottery, I was the number 999 visitor to that site so a prize will be given to me. When I was still young and first used the internet, I do believe on it. But now definitely NO. I face the same problem with you. I keep on unsubscribe the newsletter which is actually spam, but it never disappear in my mail box.

  10. Subconscious Mind on September 24th, 2007 10:51 pm

    lol, i created an email just for spam as i wa getting so much, thank you hotmail!

  11. Valik Rudd on October 3rd, 2007 4:11 am

    I really wish that spam will never appear in my email inbox anymore. Everytime when I see there are emails in my inbox, I will hope that they are messages from my friends. But they are spams. sigh…

  12. Sharm on October 3rd, 2007 12:11 pm

    Is there a total cleaning spam software? I feel that from so many anti-virus software I’ve used before, no one is truly can totally clear the spams. headache.. I hate spams!

  13. Wedding cake lady on October 17th, 2007 1:46 pm

    try deleting over 2500 spam emails in one day.
    No matter what I do, I keep getting more and more.

  14. Poster Maniac on October 25th, 2007 11:35 pm

    Yeah, i hate spamming. I’ve been spending my time deleting spamming at my mail. Kinda frustrating with all the nonsense they sending in. Sometimes spams mail are more than my friends mail. Don’t they feel tired, well i do.

  15. Mark on October 26th, 2007 4:28 am

    Please suggest me how to get rid of it.

  16. Anime on October 30th, 2007 11:02 am

    i will just delete it without looking

  17. BMW on January 21st, 2008 1:05 am

    Cool site! Helpful topic! :)

  18. Ed on July 8th, 2008 10:44 pm

    I know what you mean. non stop SPAM. Everyday I opem my email box and lucky enough my filters capture most of it. It’s a pain.

  19. zubritas on August 12th, 2008 7:17 am

    i’m agree with you

  20. Watch Anime Online on September 29th, 2008 2:48 am

    I dunno whether this is spam or not but still,

    I agree with you, My Filter work really well !

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