I am getting multiple ads for multiple businesses, and the response is to icloud.com

I am getting multiple ads for multiple businesses, and the response address is - for example, 175943143bXM596512@icloud.***}


They tell me that I can unsubscribe, but then require that I put in my email address - and why would I do that?!


Can anyone help me?


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Posted on Sep 3, 2022 1:33 PM

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Posted on Sep 3, 2022 1:55 PM

You cannot stop spammers from sending you spam - they either stole or bought your email address and want to get some money or other valuable info. Never unsubscribe as that tells them that they got a "live" (real) email address. Instead you can create rules or, and this is what I do, have a "catch-all" yahoo or gmail email which I use when a site wants my address. That way, all that stuff goes there and I can always keep an occasional email I actually want - the remainder is deleted. I never give out my real email address - that's reserved for friends and family.


And, spammers will spoof their return address and change it at least once a day.

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Sep 3, 2022 1:55 PM in response to carinsue58

You cannot stop spammers from sending you spam - they either stole or bought your email address and want to get some money or other valuable info. Never unsubscribe as that tells them that they got a "live" (real) email address. Instead you can create rules or, and this is what I do, have a "catch-all" yahoo or gmail email which I use when a site wants my address. That way, all that stuff goes there and I can always keep an occasional email I actually want - the remainder is deleted. I never give out my real email address - that's reserved for friends and family.


And, spammers will spoof their return address and change it at least once a day.

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