Spammers

Is There A Way To Outsmart Text Message Spammers?

| Posted 04.15.2012

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By Will Oremus (Click here for original article.) Two years ago, I got a text message from a number with a Las Vegas area code. “Thanks for vi...

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There's a Special Place in Hell for Spammers

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 12.10.2011

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Steve Rosenbaum

As the web has gone from the edge of our world to the electronic center of how we live, spammers have taken up new evil ways clog not just our inboxes, but our lives.

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Nothing Like a Little Spam to Remind You How Loved You Are

Samara O'Shea | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Gmail, Myspace, Spam, E-Mail, Malaysia, Twitter, Spammers, Facebook, Hackers, Technology News
Samara O'Shea

Dear Hackers: What did you get from assaulting my e-mail account? Nothing. No one fell for your foolish ploy. What did I get? I got an amusing day catching up with friends and the therapeutic opportunity to clean up my contacts.

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No Spam Filter? You've Got a Bigger Carbon Footprint

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Email Spam, Green News, Spammers, Going Green, Spam, Green Living, Green Energy, Green Technology, Internet, Computers, Email, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

75 percent of this wasted energy is by us, the end user--consumed during all that time it takes us to delete the unsolicited junk. Therefore, having a smart spam filter is not only necessary for our sanity, it also has the global equivalent of taking 2.3 million cars of the road.

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Internet Explorer Security Flaw Leaves Users Vulnerable To Crime

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Passwords, Internet, Internet Explorer, Spammers, Internet Security, Microsoft, Security Flaw, Hackers, Business News

Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed. The flaw in Mi...

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Confessions of a "Nigerian Email Scam" Spammer

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Email, Spam, Hermes Birkin, Technology, Nigerian Email Scam, Hotmail, Birkin Bag, Spammers, Relationships, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Lauren Cahn

I first became aware of the fact that someone had hacked into my Hotmail account and used it to perpetrate a version of the "Nigerial Email Scam" when my mom called me.

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Report: U.S. Sends Most Spam Mail

ZDNet | Marcus Browne | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. remains the world's biggest spammer, according to security firm Sophos, which on Friday released its quarterly report on the world's top spam...

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