| It seems like the volume of email spam
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| | Phishing attacks are successful 5% of the
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| has doubled in the last month.
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| | time.
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| Increasingly, we receive daily emails for
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| | The primary motivation behind these
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| better mortgage rates, pharmaceutical
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| | emails is identity theft. Scammers are
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| discounts, and offers to enlarge body
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| | looking to get you to their website and
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| parts we don't even have.
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| | get your information. If the authenticity
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| The next generation of sophisticated
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| | of the sender is questionable, call the
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| tools is available to email spammers.
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| | company that sent the email. Most
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| Hidden code can be embedded into email
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| | business email will also contain a phone
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| allowing the sender to track it. A "spam
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| | number.
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| beacon" lets the sender know that this is
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| | Earthlink is trying to address this
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| a valid, live, email address. The sender
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| | problem by releasing new software. Its
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| can also tell if you've opened the email
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| | latest anti-spam software is available to
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| before you tossed it. "Nearly half of all
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| | both members and non-members. The
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| spam is bugged with so-called "spam
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| | software installs with Internet Explorer
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| beacons" for tracking users who open junk
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| | and automatically downloads a list of
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| mail, said e-mail filtering firm MX."
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| | known "scam" websites. If you surf over
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| The latest email scams have also evolved.
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| | to a site on the list, you will receive a
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| The newest scams are called phishing
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| | warning.
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| attacks. Spammers copy and paste web
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| | Given the large volume of unsolicited
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| coding, making their email message appear
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| | email that must be sorted through and
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| to be official. They provide links to
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| | deleted daily by businesses, do not rely
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| "look alike" websites where they try to
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| | on email as your primary vehicle of
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| trick you into revealing your personal
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| | communication. If the information is time
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| financial information, by asking you to
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| | sensitive, it's best to follow up with a
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| update an account such as Ebay, PayPal or
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| | phone call.
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| CitiBank (or other well known entities).
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