Pop-up ad scam led to no laptop, but lots of spam
September 24, 2008 By Steve AlexanderQuestion: I foolishly responded to a pop-up ad that promised I had won a free laptop. But after I gave away my e-mail address, I discovered there was no laptop. For a few months I just deleted the few dozen unwanted messages about everything from tea to debt relief, but now I'm getting hundreds of these a day, many of them duplicates. Is there a simple fix other than changing my e-mail address? (It's a company address, and changing it would be difficult.)
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Bob_B - Sep 24, 2008
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Gee whiz, Penny. I hope you got your 2 cents worth.- report abuse
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Bob_B - Sep 24, 2008
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But: http://www.freebi...nter.com might work for you?- report abuse


