Getting spammed - anyone else suffering ?
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As I have the ability to assign a different email address to all the websites/forums/companies I use, I have the ability to track and block any spam that comes in.

I've had 5 phishing emails on my TurboMinis email address in the last 2 hours.

Anyone else had stuff come in regarding banking or mobile phones ?

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.

Yep, 3 from natwest wanting confirmation of my details.

I don't even have a natwest account!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

NatWest Bank Plc.

havent opened the mail, though.

If i have more toys than you when i die, I WIN

Me too..

5 times from natwest... in 1h and 15mins..

That's a worry, as we don't publish your email anywhere.

Let me check the server logs ASAP.

Logs checked - no unusual activity on the DB or server.

I've had no spam today (well nothing I don't normally get). I'll keep monitoring it.

I've had a NatWest email this morning too, but in my hotmail address. I've had it before, this isn't the first time.

Same as carl^^
Must fill in all my details and reply...

Yeah I have had shit loads of guff today all bullshit

Drives
-Ford S-max Mk2 Ecoboost
-Rover 100 VVC #2 - track project

Searching is all you need on TurboMinis

I had a Natwest one aswell.

NatWest and Orange - annoying as I use both of them, but the email address betrayed them as being spam.

Might be a bot programme trawling a members list looking for addresses maybe.

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.

I have removed my email adress from turbo minis, reported the emails to hotmail and natwest, luckally my emails go through outlook not gmail

Drives
-Ford S-max Mk2 Ecoboost
-Rover 100 VVC #2 - track project

Searching is all you need on TurboMinis

ive had a NatWest one

Just had Natwest email at 4pm

Class C 3rd Place Avon 2011 14.18 @101mph

another natwest, again on a unused email

What the mind can conceive the mini can achieve
MITP 2012 17.01 seconds 1/4 mile against "The Don"
MITP 2013 16.83 seconds 1/4 mile

Now got the Orange stuff also...

Natwest here...

www.shag.no

i got a natwest one too 16:02
does anyone know how to stop them in general? i get shit loads, i know why i get em ( because of a psycho ex signing me up to shit lol ) i just got bored of sorting them out one by one
edit: i have got hotmail to sort them out for me but i just get a folder full of junk and another half full of stuff i want to know and the rest being odd junk lol

Edited by Brett on 27th Oct, 2013.

Yes i moved to the darkside

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Gmail has good spam filters

Yeah Gmail is spot on, I never get any shit through unless I've signed up for it.

cue a barrage of viagra and nigerian prince emails!

I've had the natwest email

Rick

Instead of using a free email account which I have no control over (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo etc) I actually pay for a domain name from 1and1.
This allows me to have thousands of different email addresses with the same account so I can separate them.

turbominis(at)vipernoir.co.uk
tmf(at)vipernoir.co.uk
minimania(at)vipernoir.co.uk
facebook(at)vipernoir.co.uk
etc
etc

Allows me to detect where spam is coming from i.e. who has passed on my email address, and set up either a block or a divert.
Works a treat.

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.

Shame you have to use 1and1 for it, though - they are clowns.

Just been looking into this a bit more - a lot of you have put your email addresses in posts in the forum - while there's nothing wrong with that, it does mean it can be harvested for spam.

The only one I can't find, however, is turbominis@vipernoir.co.uk - but doing it with an (at) still allows it to be harvested.

Will keep digging.