Winning the battle against spammers, phishers and junk calls

Fed up with junk e-mails and nuisance telephone calls ?; been the potential victim of phishing ?

10min fun TED talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email

Actually in the real world - don't reply to Phishers, Scammers and Spammers or click on "unsubscribe"
1. If you respond in any way, they will know that your e-mail address is "live"
2. Often, they are criminal gangs
3. Can even determine your home address from your e-mail address (in the US)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376031,00.asp
4. Don't include you home address or phone number in your e-mail signature !
5. Don't click on any links.

Just delete the offending e-mail, and /or report it to your e-mail service provider
Spam is filtered by on-line mail services such as Gmail…

You can report Phishing and Spam to Google
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8253?hl=en

* Open Gmail (in a browser)
* Open the message.
* Next to Reply, click the Down Arrow.
* Click Report phishing (or Report spam)

..and Hotmail
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-report-fraud-to-hotmail

You can block nuisance phone calls to your landline in Spain (Lista Robinson)-
http://www.spainbuddy.com/how-to-stop-unwanted-phone-calls-direct-mail-and-email-in-spain/

(In UK the Robinson list is managed by the Telephone Preference Service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_list)

If you receive a suspicious phone call, Google the number - it may be a known fraudster.

General tips on Staying safe
https://www.stopthinkconnect.org/tips-advice/general-tips-and-advice

Recognising a Phishing e-mail
http://www.wctechblog.com/category/phishing/

Check that reports about scams are actually true:
http://www.snopes.com/
…eg "Can you Hear me" http://www.snopes.com/can-you-hear-me-scam/
Got a lot of coverage in the press, but there's no evidence this scam works.

Finally show another 7min TED talk by James Veitch - this time, trying to unsubscribe from a marketing e-mail (or the JCC helpline !?)
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_the_agony_of_trying_to_unsubscribe

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