spam

Spam is the transmission of unsolicited messages to e-mail accounts, Internet forums, cell phones, instant messaging systems, and video sharing sites. These ubiquitous messages bombard us daily and can bring mild amusement or major annoyance.

They entice with promises of wealth, employment, romance, or sexual enhancement but rarely deliver the intended results. While some are harmless, many are scams meant to trick readers into sending money or financial information. Still others contain worms that allow a spammer access to a user’s personal computer. It’s no surprise that bloggers turn to the Web to seek or offer advice and to vent their frustration over the constant threat spam poses to their computers and cell phones.

Though spam filters exist and a few spammers have been identified and held accountable for their mass mailings, legislation to ban or monitor spam varies from state to state and is often difficult to enforce. Spammers have also become increasingly savvy to the techniques used to block or suss them out. Spam levels are on the rise, and such messages will likely continue their assault on electronic forms of communication for some time to come.

 

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• Saturday Spam

  
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• Unsubscribe from unwanted email automatically with Unsubscribr

  
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  Unsubscribr is a free tool that scans your email inbox and tries to sort out the junk and bulk mail it finds to make it easier for you to deal with it. It also allows you to quickly and easily unsubscribe from most email lists, in batches as well as one by one. First came email. People were hesitant to use it at ...
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• Twitter Phishing: Twitter Phishing Scam Spreads by Direct Messages

  
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• What Spam Mail Would Look Like In “Game Of Thrones”

  
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• Coupon: $1.50 off 3 12 oz. SPAM products

  
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• Jeffrey Neely, who organized lavish GSA conference, leaves agency

  
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  Jeffrey E. Neely, the embattled General Services Administration regional commissioner who planned a lavish employee conference in Las Vegas that cost more than $800,000, left the agency Thursday, a GSA spokesman said. Read full article >> Read more…
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• In Iowa, Obama touts clean energy, hits Republicans and Romney on economic agenda

  
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• Romney campaign begins quiet push for African American voters

  
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• Hecklers mar Romney’s visit to inner-city charter school in Philadelphia

  
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• Supreme Court says double jeopardy does not protect against murder retrial

  
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• Supreme Court says double jeopardy does not protect against murder retrial

  
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  Arkansas may retry a man for murder even though jurors in his first trial were unanimous that he was not guilty, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Alex Blueford, who is accused of killing his girlfriend’s 1-year-old son, is not protected by the Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause, the court ruled in a 6 to 3 ...
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• Amazon Eliminates Kindle Store Spam

  
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