Spam consists of sending junk emails to other people over the emailing system, it disrupts the computer and makes it run slower. An example is companies or random people sending advertisements and random emails to your email, this will cause your Hotmail to fill up, many spam emails may contain viruses so its very important to sport the genuine emails from the spam emails. You can also receive text message spam which is a text message saying you can receive money if you text back to the message, other spams are instant message spam also know as 'asspim'.
Spam can be very annoying but sometimes harmless, on the other hand it also has a key role in identity theft and fraud, this manages to take hold of the public's identity and will be used in criminal activities. This is usually known as phishing scam.
The best ways to prevent spam is by stop posting your email address on websites because 95% of spam is generally sent by the public, avoid certain sites and some software programs like Yahoo chat and IRC because many spammers are always actively mining all types of popular chat rooms.
Spam can be very annoying but sometimes harmless, on the other hand it also has a key role in identity theft and fraud, this manages to take hold of the public's identity and will be used in criminal activities. This is usually known as phishing scam.
The best ways to prevent spam is by stop posting your email address on websites because 95% of spam is generally sent by the public, avoid certain sites and some software programs like Yahoo chat and IRC because many spammers are always actively mining all types of popular chat rooms.
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