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THE SPAM UPRISING! :-0
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Oct 2016 13:09 |
Edited... WARNING! Please read posts further down this page |
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Barbra | Report | 22 Oct 2016 14:02 |
Hello Jem .I get a few but nothing like your amount. I just delete .have won points on supermarket shop ? bank account been compromised ? win money ? Can you not get on to your service provider & get them blocked .maybe change your password .hope someone can help Barbra x |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Oct 2016 14:21 |
Hi Barbra :-) |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 22 Oct 2016 14:47 |
Why do shops now offer to send your receipt to your e-mail address? |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Oct 2016 14:51 |
Hi Maggie :-) |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 22 Oct 2016 15:01 |
I've just started getting masses on my orangemail which I use very .little, just for some addresses which make it hard to change to my preferred account. Lots are the ones offering vouchers! Just keep labelling. .them as spam and deleting |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Oct 2016 15:11 |
That's exactly what is happening to me, Elizabeth - Most are offering vouchers and discounts. |
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Barbra | Report | 22 Oct 2016 16:10 |
Jem I have a number of vouchers being put on emails .Different eating places & Sainbury,s .get 1000 more point s if you do survey That's what is going on with mine .looks like they do sell on emails ,me a novice didn't realise it, Or a senior Moment .Hope you get it Sorted <3 I am going for a cuppa Barbra x If you use all the Vouchers Jem think of All the Money you could Save ;-) |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 22 Oct 2016 16:31 |
It's strange, but when I ask for the paper receipt, rather than being sent one, some sales assistants act like I'm being 'stroppy' - I then have to explain to them why - and often (as by now, I AM stroppy) inform them that just giving me the receipt would, by now, have save 5 precious minutes of my life!! |
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Andysmum | Report | 22 Oct 2016 16:50 |
Argos is the only place I have come across this - so far. The man in Argos is very nice though. If I say "No, thanks", his response is "Just a moment," pause and he hands me the receipt. |
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Annx | Report | 22 Oct 2016 21:07 |
Jem I had a very similar problem when they changed 'the platform?' or something for my emails a few months ago. I was getting dozens every day and it was doing my head in trying to keep up with 'unsubscribing' and deleting. Then I couldn't unsubscribe from some as they took too long to load the unsubscribe screen!! Others had no way to unsubscribe and then I got others that would only let me 'snooze' them for 3 months. Now I block them by sending them to spam and it's making a big difference. The trouble is I get the impression that those that have got my email address somehow are selling on to others as new ones have cropped up!! :-S :-S |
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Bobtanian | Report | 22 Oct 2016 22:22 |
i have had "You have won a £xxx voucher" from aldi ,argos alsorts of companies etc...but the "office" address is somewhere in america........or |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Oct 2016 23:00 |
Thanks for your responses Everyone :-) |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 23 Oct 2016 03:08 |
SPAM UPDATE! |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 23 Oct 2016 15:21 |
TODAY'S SPAM SHOCKER |
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JoyLouise | Report | 23 Oct 2016 16:31 |
I don't know what I hovered over in the email list but must have clicked something because several spam emails now display Chinese (or similar) letters. Makes it easy to spot them. |
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JoyLouise | Report | 23 Oct 2016 16:33 |
Gremlins .... :-S |
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Robert | Report | 23 Oct 2016 16:35 |
Just had an Email from Hamburg, Germany asking me to do a "Paid Survey" (payment 50p!!!) |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 23 Oct 2016 18:55 |
2 more have arrived. |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 24 Oct 2016 18:01 |
6 more today .... at least the number are going down |