Summary
Q. I have two e-mail addresses, one for my friends and another I give out to commercial companies that require an e-mail address. How then do spammers get the e-mail address I use only for friends? I think it's through the cutesy e-mails these friends forward me, jokes and touching stories, etc.? They think spammers could only get my e-mail address if I download something. Who's right? - Susan Kubat, Las Vegas
A. It could be anything from your friendly service provider selling the e-mail (look for fine print saying the company or its "partners" may send you e-mail) to, yes, friends forwarding mail with your address all over kingdom come.See the full content of this document
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Spammers Have Lots of Tricks
As for the downloads they're talking about, spyware that harvests e-mail addresses for spammers could find your address on someo...
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