How do the people who send 'Spam' get hold of your email address?

I am getting loads of these every single day! I don't open them and hit the spam button on my Yahoo account, but there is just no stopping them!! Any ideas? Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer this!! 5 stars too.

How do the people who send 'Spam' get hold of your email address?
many companies sell your email address on to other companies, the spam gets sent out to random email addresses and once u've opened one email the sender knows it's a working address so passes it around so other companies can use it.
Reply:If you send out an email to a non-existent address, it bounces back to you. It's quite easy to write a program that fires off emails to every combination of letters and numbers @yahoo.co.uk and notes which ones don't bounce back. You've then got a mailing list you can sell to the spammers.
Reply:I've heard that spammers lift addresses from all those chain emails that fly about. Don't reply to them or pass any on! Keep SpamGuard on your Yahoo mailbox - empty the bulk folder without opening any messages.
Reply:i think it is when we give someone say a third party our email address such as a dating service they sell our details onto these spammers, and they send us emails
Reply:There are countless ways in which spammers can obtain your email address. I think you're fighting a losing battle here-once spam is coming to your inbox that frequently, there's no way of stopping it. My advice would be to change your email, and read up on tips on how to avoid spam.





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