Spam on my Gmail
Filed Under General Nonsense
I have a gmail account that I’ve been using for quite some time already. I treated it like a business email and do not devulge it on online registrations that require email. I have another gmail account for that. So for more than a year, I’ve been using my email with no problems and most importantly, NO SPAM!
For important registrations that need real name, I use my ‘business email’. But that’s very rare, only for very important and serious registrations. Unfortunately, spam emails selling everything from viagra to flowers began to arrive early this year. When I checked my latest transactions, I was surprised to see that my latest registration was with a very popular and leading online payment service that only made their service available here in the Philippines recently.
I can’t name it but I know most of you know that company. Basically and naturally, that would be my suspect. It’s a shame if indeed that company forwarded my email to spammers. Or maybe the spammers were able to snoop into the company’s database. That’s another scary scenario.
And oh, don’t ask about my 9-year-old email account. It receives over a hundred spam everyday. hahaha…