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[Closed] Bought something on Amazon - now spam emails

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Grrr

My gmail account was fairly free of spam emails.

I bought something for my car today from Amazon and suddenly I find emails offering me back loans and ppi deals.


 
Posted : 29/09/2013 9:32 pm
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coincidence only I should think.
I use an email address unique* to each online organisation I buy from and my "Amazon" address is not spammed and Ive used it for years.

* this being one of the reasons why I do it - I can then tell which shyster's have sold my email address.


 
Posted : 29/09/2013 9:37 pm
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Did you buy from Amazon or one of the sellers on Amazon? If the latter, then it was probably one of them.

I have a Yahoo account that I use for general e-mail and it gets battered with spam.
Hardly anyone has my Gmail address and I get no spam. I use it more for e-mailing friends and family and keep the Yahoo address as my 'buying stuff' contact address.


 
Posted : 30/09/2013 8:54 am
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Coincidentally, I received a couple of "order confirmations" from Amazon in my spam folder, like this:
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Now if it was a confirmation of [i]my [/i]order, why would it go to loads of other addresses as well? Duh! Phishing bastewards.


 
Posted : 30/09/2013 9:25 am
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Yeah I'm getting the "order confirmation" with a dodgy ZIP file attached.


 
Posted : 30/09/2013 9:27 am
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I have recently also got a bunch of new PPI emails get through the spam filter. Howeever I havn't bought from anywhere new...

So don't know who sold my email on this occasion.


 
Posted : 30/09/2013 9:46 am

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