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The Major Points On Spam |
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Marco Maseko |
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The Major Points on Spam
Marco Maseko
Spam has become an ever-increasing problem in recent years, costing legitimate businesses a great deal in both time and money.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the United States agency for consumer protection, was granted the authority to enforce the act and the DOJ, or Department of Justice is additionally charged with the enforcement of the CAN SPAM act. It also provides that Internet Service Providers who are hurt by the spam may in fact sue the violators of the legislation to recoup losses to their own business.
Major provision of the law - It bans misleading subject lines. The subject line must not mislead the recipient to open the email under false pretenses. It should clearly indicate the actual subject matter of the email.
Protect yourself from the spam in your inbox
Do not Fall for the Phisher's Hook. Many spam emails are cleverly designed hoaxes, which are intended to get you to unwittingly divulge private information. They claim to be from your credit card company, bank or other financial institution, and attempt to fool you into divulging personal information such as your social security number, bank account number, password or other private, identifiable information.
Above all else, common sense is the most important form of spam protection you can have. Be vigilant when you check your mail - even the most advanced anti-spam filter available today cannot keep 100% of all spam out of you inbox.
How to Report Spam Abuse
Saving and sending the entire email header is an important step in reporting spam. The header of every email you receive will contain information on the full chain of computers through which the email passed in order to get to you. Generally, most email will pass through at least four computers: The spammer's computer, the spammer's ISP, your ISP and finally your computer. This is the most reliable way for an anti-spam service to track down the spammer's ISP because the spammer will camouflage the "from" address.
As the email passes through each computer, information is added to the header indicating who the mail came from, as well as where they are sending it. While this header information will seem complicated, you just need to make note of the originating ISP, which will be easy to recognize. For example, if you receive your mail through AOL and you note "yahoo" in the string of information, then you will know to report the spam to yahoo.
Report to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/spam/ - This site offers you information about the law enforcement actions that have been taken against deceptive mailers and companies and those who do not honor opt-out requests from email recipients.
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