Email spam, also known as junk e-mail, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to multiple recipients by electronic mail.A common phrase for spam is unsolicited bulk e-mail. Email spam has grown exponentially because of programs that allow senders to send to thousands of recipients automatically.These programs can harvest emails generate the letter, personalise it with your details and send it out gradually.
Some of these programs even try to guess email addresses just like auto dialers for telephone numbers. If you have an email address then you will be a victim of spam unless you have taken precautions and invested in an email spam software.Email spammers are getting smarter so no matter how strong your spam filters are spammers will find a way to get to your inbox.
There are laws against email spammers in most first world countries however only the really large spammers are pursued by authorities. The digital environment makes it time consuming to pursue culprits so the best defence is self defence.
This site collects spam email for the general public to compare any emails they may have recieved from spammers. Please note that this site does not contain every single spam email that has been sent on to the internet. Please exercise judgement and check the basics to determine whether any email is legitament or spam.
