Is this a win or spam?

juebags

lilias wrote: »

Can you not block the sender?

No because its being sent from different email addresses, the only thing that is the same is the HUB83 address at the bottom of all the emails.

snakepilsen

juebags wrote: »

No because its being sent from different email addresses, the only thing that is the same is the HUB83 address at the bottom of all the emails.

So block emails which contain that address.

mije1983

Clicking links from such a spammy and potentially dodgy email is definitely NOT what you do!

PiersNavin

mije1983 wrote: »

Clicking links from such a spammy and potentially dodgy email is definitely NOT what you do!

I have to agree with Ben on this one. If you would just click the unsubscribe link your problems would be solved.

nottoolate

DO NOT CLICK ANY LINKS IN SPAM EMAILS

lol. 2 of the spammers posting above trying to con you into clicking their links

if a dodgy spammer like this is spamming you then clicking the unsubscribe link will not unsubscribe you from anything

all it will do is confirm to the spammer that your email address is valid and that someone is reading the spam and gullible enough to click on links

you will then get ten times more spam and your email sold on and on across the internet to similar scumbags

PiersNavin

nottoolate wrote: »

DO NOT CLICK ANY LINKS IN SPAM EMAILS

lol. 2 of the spammers posting above trying to con you into clicking their links

if a dodgy spammer like this is spamming you then clicking the unsubscribe link will not unsubscribe you from anything

all it will do is confirm to the spammer that your email address is valid and that someone is reading the spam and gullible enough to click on links

you will then get ten times more spam and your email sold on and on across the internet to similar scumbags

I really dont think they are worried about your one click

mjm3346

Proper advice given is not to click unsubscribe or any other links on suspect e-mails

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/09/04/5-things-you-should-know-about-email-unsubscribe-links-before-clicking/

Here are 5 reasons why unsubscribing can be a bad idea, whether you do it by sending a reply email or opening an "unsubscribe" web link:

1. You have confirmed to the sender that your email address is both valid and in active use.

If the sender is unscrupulous then the volume of email you receive will most likely go up, not down. Worse, now that you have validated your address the spammer can sell it to his friends. So you are probably going to hear from them too.

2. By responding to the email, you have positively confirmed that you have opened and read it and may be slightly interested in the subject matter, whether it’s getting money from a foreign prince, a penny stock tip or a diet supplement.

That’s wonderful information for the mailer and his pals.

3. If your response goes back via email - perhaps the process requires you to reply with the words "unsubscribe," or the unsubscribe link in the message opens up an email window - then not only have you confirmed that your address is active, but your return email will leak information about your email software too.

Emails contain meta information, known as email headers, and you can tell what kind of email software somebody is using (and imply something about their computer) from the contents and arrangement of the headers.

4. If your response opens up a browser window then you’re giving away even more about yourself. By visiting the spammer’s website you’re giving them information about your geographic location (calculated based on your IP address), your computer operating system and your browser.

The sender can also give you a cookie which means that if you visit any other websites they own (perhaps by clicking unsubscribe links in other emails) they’ll be able to identify you personally.

5. The most scary of all: if you visit a website owned by a spammer you’re giving them a chance to install malware on your computer, even if you don’t click anything.

These kind of attacks, known as drive-by downloads, can be tailored to use exploits the spammer knows you are vulnerable to thanks to the information you’ve shared unwittingly about your operating system and browser.

So how do you avoid unwanted email without unsubscribing?

If the message is unsolicited then mark it as spam.

Marking something as spam not only deletes the message (or puts it into your trash) it also teaches your email software about what you consider spam so that it can better detect and block nefarious messages in the future and adapt as the spammers change their tricks.

This not only helps you, but also everyone else too.

nottoolate

no. not only do you try random addresses, many many email addresses are defunct or not read regularly or at all

spammers like you are after live addresses where they know it's likely that their spam or scam emails will be read and where people might be gullible enough to click

btw every time you reply to this you are bumping this exposure of your scam up the google rankings.

keep going :rotfl:

robbies_gal

i get thses from that hub name in my spam folder just delete them dont clik on anything

mjm3346

I bung the "@" and whatever is after it on block and that keeps a lot of them out for a while (obviously not if it's a gmail/hotmail etc address)