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How to report spam.
Gulash
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I am spammed by a specific website. They hijacked my details, when I applied for a job advert (otherwise looking legit). Is there a way to report them and have my details removed from their server? It is very frustrating!
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I am spammed by a specific website. They hijacked my details, when I applied for a job advert (otherwise looking legit). Is there a way to report them and have my details removed from their server? It is very frustrating!
Not that I know of.
Why not ask a board guide to move this thread to The Techie Stuff Board.0 -
The email should have an unsubscribe option on it. If it doesn't depending on your email client you can introduce a mail rule to block all emails from this address.
Without providing the website name there is not much people on here can do.0 -
Spam can be reported to the Information Commissioner (assuming a UK company), but in my experience it's an utter waste of time.
Your best bet is to contact the company in question to have them remove your details.0 -
Add the senders email address to your blocked list?
If you get various form the same site, like spam@ and sales@ etc etc.
then use a * when blocking.
add to block list....
*@spammysite.spam
Despite having had email addresses since 1996 and used in open chat rooms and registered to many sites i only get a small handful of spam.
If you applied for a fake job then you may have given them more than your email address.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0 -
Is it a website for jobs transporting white powder in exchange for 20,000 Euros (cf. the OP's other threads)?0
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Literally nothing you can do, but maybe add the sender to a spam list.
The SMTP protocol was deigned in a happier world, when people only exchanged messages with people they knew.0
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