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Well, this could be a world event, but im not totally sure. Notify me if I'm wrong.

Well, recently i gave my e-mail to someone who asked for it. Next thing i know, i woke up and check my in box. I soon find to 1,846 messages. Yes folks, 1,846 individual messages. One unique one being this:

Jasper & Associates
NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST:

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Mr. Edwin
Gabriel, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was
returned undelivered. I wish to notify you that late Mr. Edwin
Gabriel made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Ten
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$10,500.000.00 ) to you in the
codicil and last testament to his will.

Endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in
no distant date.
Yours in His service,
John Jasper Esq.

e-mail safety needs to be considered for those youngsters out there. Never ever believe these messages. For the most part, never even reply. Well, take a look at these promising strategies, tools and tactics to help you understand and fight spam.
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1. Ignore Delivery Failures of Messages You Did Not Send
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5. Use a Good Anti-Spam Program
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6. Use Disposable Email Addresses at Your Web Site
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10. Assume Mail from Unknown Senders is Spam
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11. Make Sure Your ISP Doesn't Filter Your Newsletters as Spam
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12. More Email Addresses Mean More Spam
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14. Spam is Named After Monty Python's Spam Skit
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19. Don't Use "This is Spam" to Unsubscribe
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20. Watch Out for Those Check boxes
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So there are some tips to avoid e-mail spam and bugs that have you screaming at your in box the next day. If you don't understand most of these tips, thats okay, most probably haven't, or won't happen to many of you. I'm begging you, watch who you give your e-mail to! It is very important. If you reply to one of those messages, the damage would get 10X worse. They can find more information and steal it. Were talking identity theft here folks!!