Suspicious Emails

Have you received any emails recently that invite you to click on a link to view photos sent to you by a classmate? I have, but the classmate had no knowledge that such an email had been sent to me. In fact, the classmate was also getting the same type emails from the same organization. I marked the emails I received as SPAM so my email program will now treat any additional emails from that email address as SPAM.

My initial concern with this SPAM email was that clicking on the link might activate the download of a virus to my computer. That is one way viruses are spread. Not wanting to take a chance with a virus I just deleted the email after marking it as SPAM.

I "Goggled" the company name shown in the email and they are known for sleazy practices. This company's behavior illustrates why it is a good idea to use the Bcc line of the email form to hide the email addresses of folks you email. A Spammer getting an email addresses is harder when the Bcc address line is used for the recipient's email address.

If you get any of these type emails do not respond to them. Use your email program to mark the emails as SPAM or JUNK and then delete them. And consider using the Bcc line of your email form, especially when you send emails to multiple recipients.

One other thing is also worth considering. If you receive a forwarded email that has lots of email addresses showing in it, just delete those addresses before you forward that email to others.

If you have any questions about this topic drop me a note.