What Spammers Don’t Want You To Know!

July 30, 2009 - PRLog -- Spam e-mails are not just annoying, they are also time consuming, but they’re also becoming more dangerous for individuals and businesses.. Millions of computer users and restaruant owners are getting infected, spoofed, and tricked by spam e-mails every year, forcing these people to pay heavy fees for cleaning and restoring their computer POS systems back to normal.

These are the 3 dangers that any computer user must be aware of:

1. An increase in hijacked and spoofed e-mail addresses. Spammers have discovered new ways to make it appear as though their spam e-mail is coming from YOUR own computer. This could result in having your Internet connection cut or put on hold by your Internet Service Provider(ISP) - all without your knowledge. That is why a good spam blocking software must be used not only to block inbound spam, but also unauthorized outbound spam from your serves.

2. Virus infected spam e-mails. Accidentally or intentionally opening an e-mail from an unknown sender can cause you a lot of problems. Most of these unknown senders are the spammers who merrily speard their virus-infected e-mails and waits for the unlucky person to open it and/or download its content. This can cause your computer to slow down, identity theft, loose data, endless popping of unapproved sites or even crashes the system! What's worst is that the personal information collected from your PC can be uploaded to the internet without your permission and use it to comit crime.

3. Phishing spam. Also called phishing scam. The attempt to collect personal information of an individual either to steal money from their bacnk accounts or use the money to shop online without the owners knowledge. A phishing spam e-mail sends some kind of bogus notification or warning to an individual asking for his or her online bank account, social security numbers, passwords, and credit card information. To be able to make someone believe that their spam e-mail is from a trusted website, phishing sites mimics the exact same look of the authentic website..

What to do to prevent this?

First and foremost, you should have a reliable spam blocking software installed.

Many retail business owner over look into this, so their restaruant POS system pays the price.

Next, you better make sure you don’t get on a spammers list in the first place. Once you’re on a spammer’s list, it’s impossible to get off; and changing your e-mail address can be a major inconvenience especially if you rely on it to stay in touch with important business and personal contacts.

Here's a couple of ways you can do to reduce the chances of your e-mail address getting on a spammer’s list:

1. Use a disposable e-mail address.

Using a free e-mail address like with Yahoo or Gmail can reduce the chance of ending up on a spammer's list. Use this when subscribing or shopping online to avoid your main e-mail address from ending up on their broadcast list.

2. Pay attention to check boxes that automatically opt you in.

Better make sure you don't check the box that says "Yes! I want to receive offers from third party companies." when you go shopping online. Chances are, your e-mail address can (and will) be sold to every online advertiser.

3. Don’t post your main e-mail address on your web site, web forums, or newsgroups.

Spammers uses a special program that can collect e-mail addresses from web sites without your permission. If you want to post an e-mail address on your home page, use “info@” and have all replies forwarded to a folder in your in-box that won’t interfere with your main address.

4. Refrain yourself from replying on obvious spam e-mails.

Opening, replying to, or even clicking a bogus opt-out link in an obvious spam e-mail signals that your e-mail address is active, and more spam will follow.

The only time it is safe to click or reply to the e-mail is when it is sent by a company you know or do business with (for example, a company that you purchase from or a newsletter you subscribed to).

For more information or to have a local POS professional serving the restaurant industry and your location see more information at POS-For-Restaurants.com.

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