The Walk of Life

I am sure many would have experienced being spammed by email spammers! Didn't you ever wondered how they lay hold of your email address? Well, it is all very simple really! I am also sure many would have known this but just for the sake of those who don't please read on!

Any time you see an E-Mail that says forward this to '10' of your friends or sign this petition otherwise you'll get bad luck, or good luck or you'll see something funny on your screen after you send it, etc.., it has an E-Mail tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and E-Mails of those people you forward to!

By the way, Cookies are small computer programs or scripts which will enable hackers to access your PC and retrieve the information that you have sent through the internet.

The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of 'active' E-Mail addresses to use for SPAM E-Mails, or sell to other spammers.

At times they play on your conscience like asking you to send the email on if you're not ashamed of God.... that's E-mail tracking! These people don't care how they get your email addresses as long as they get them.

Another common approach are E-Mails that talk about a missing child or a child with an incurable disease 'how would you feel if that was your child' .......E-mail Tracking!!!

Ignore them! Don't participate!

Almost all E-Mails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are similar to that 'mass letter' years ago that asked people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards. All that was to get names and 'cookies' tracking information for telemarketers and spammers - to validate active E-Mail accounts for their own profitable purposes.

Many would have fallen prey to the above tactics and that's why now you get so much SPAM in your email Inbox!

In future STOP adding your name(s) to those types of listings regardless how inviting they might sound, or make you feel guilty if you don't. It's all about getting email addresses - nothing more!

There was another occasion which mentioned this: For the third time, whales are being killed on a beach in Denmark . Email address of every one who forwarded that are now with the spammers!

You may think you are supporting a GREAT cause - YOU ARE NOT! Instead, you will be getting tons of junk mail later and very possibly a virus attached! Plus, you are helping the spammers get rich.

Finally, E-Mail petitions are NOT acceptable to the White House, Congress, UNESCO, UNICEF or any such organizations. To be acceptable, petitions must have assigned signature and full address of the person signing the petition, so this is a waste of time and you're just helping the Email trackers.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY:

Don't forget to.......

* Delete other people’s e-mail addresses on the e-mails you send out.

* When forwarding - send as BCC: