Be Careful To Whom You Give Your Email

I'm sure you've all at some point received an email from somebody you didn't know, offering you some crazy product or trying to refer you to a website you've never heard of. This type of an email is known as spam. We've all heard of spam, and most of our email accounts trap or delete spam automatically, but there's always a few bugs that make it in.

Spam is an email that is sent out in mass quantities to hundreds, even thousands of people with the intent to get a few to sign up or visit the website they are promoting. Basically these emails are sent by companies, or someone who is affiliated with a certain company with intentions on making money. It is sometimes referred to as email marketing.

These spammers or "email marketers" get access to your emails in a number of ways: First, If you visit a promotional website, a product pitch page, or sometimes even some legit business sites, you are often asked to give them a valid email address before making any purchases or continuing into deeper content on the web page. Sometimes there is simply the option of signing up for a newsletter or some sort of contact list. Have you ever noticed that after entering your email into one of these sites you've been bombarded with mass emails almost daily? Both from the website you visited and even websites you've never been to.

This is because these sites not only store your email for their own use, but also sell your information to other email marketing efforts or share it with partners. This is how other websites and spammers get your email...thus starting the chain reaction of unwanted spam mail.

If you are on a website where they are asking for an email, you've got to think before you act. First off, is this a legitimate website, like a business or a community page or something...if so chances are they won't be using your email for spamming purposes. If it's a website that seeks to sell something with a pitch page or requires that you enter your email right away, chances are you will be subject to some spamming by both them and whoever the give your information too.

Now this isn't terrible, and it's unfortunately legal haha, but It is definitely annoying, I mean do these people truly think the majority of internet users will respond to mass, ridiculous sounding emails? So if you are out there on the internet searching around for different products..especially online income systems, just be safe and cautious when it comes to giving out your email...nothing bad will happen, but you will get poured on by spam mail if you're not careful.


Patrick Devlin
Link2Link CO-founder
Reviews/Reports Writer