"Unsubscribe" on spam mails not Working on my Mac mini.

90% of the spam emails I receive have an "UNSUBSCRIBE" button that DOES NOT WORK!


Is there anything I can do to stop them? ...activate the button? ...report them to someone?


Help!


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Mac mini, OS X 10.11

Posted on Mar 30, 2024 5:18 PM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2024 6:55 PM

Don't use Unsubscribe button on spam, it's only used by the spammers to know they have a working eMail address.


If the spam mentions PayPal, forward it to..


phishing@paypal.com


For all spam I use spamcop.net, for $15 you get to report many, many eMails for them to take action on to shut them down.

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Mar 31, 2024 2:11 AM in response to NoviceAppleUser1

NoviceAppleUser1 wrote:

90% of the spam emails I receive have an "UNSUBSCRIBE" button that DOES NOT WORK!

Is there anything I can do to stop them? ...activate the button? ...report them to someone?

Help!

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Stop them ?- to be forwards about this >> that will never happen


Once an email address is on a Spammer Database they will continue to Spam those addresses


Every if the Spammer is reported to the Authorities and taken down.


They most probably have been selling or sharing their Database with other Spammers


That is how they make additional money outside of scamming individuals


Block or unblock senders in Mail on Mac


To augment the blocking mentioned in above link


https://c-command.com/spamsieve/ which has a free trial or paid for to long term usage


Not always popular to check and see just how exposed ones' email address is but at least one case a better idea of things


https://haveibeenpwned.com/


To get a real example using my own undisclosed email address






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