Foreign Accent Email Spam Makes a Comeback
Spammers tend to use a combination of methods to get their messages past your email’s in-built spam filters. One tactic that was popular about a decade ago and which is …
3 Types of Phrases that Make Your Emails Look like Spam
One of the easiest ways in which spam filters determine which messages are legitimate is by searching for certain key words popular with spammers. If you write an email containing …
US Feds Shut Down Billion Email Spam Scam
The US Department of Justice has halted what they refer to as the “largest data breach of names and email addresses in the history of the Internet,” arresting two men …
How Spam Emails Lead to Successful Phishing Scams
A recent study by the University of Buffalo looked at the types of emails which were more likely to result in successful phishing scams. Researchers discovered that messages which were …
5 Tips to Avoid the Spam Folder
With spammers using more aggressive tactics to try and get through to inboxes worldwide, anti spam filters have had to upgrade their security features to provide a stronger barricade against …