>>>>>Is anyone else being inundated with emails trying to sell knockoffs of high end watches (Rolex et al)? I have been receiving several of them a day for the past several weeks. The emails include no Unsubscribe option, just a teaser line and a link. Apparently they are pretty resistant to spam blocking, too. Usually after I mark something as junk once or twice with Thunderbird that takes care of it. Not in this case. The "senders" keep changing but the subject lines and content don't vary much.
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>>>>>Not important, obviously, just wondered if anyone else is experiencing the same thing. And wondering a little about why some spam is more impervious than others.
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>>>>Been getting them for probably a year now.
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>>>>Just a heads-up - if there's an "unsubscribe" link or mailto in a spam message, NEVER use it. Doing that only lets the spammer know he's got a "live one", and your spam gets redoubled.
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>>>I have heard that. Have also seen it work fine, though. If the organization seems reputable -- usually meaning known to me -- and offers an Unsubscribe link, I go ahead and click it.
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>>Hmm, I suppose some of those *might* be OK. However, if they're "reputable" why are they spamming you in the first place? :-\
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>>Plus, you need to be aware of spoofed spam that *looks* like it's coming from a reputable source.
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>Oh, I'm very aware of those, especially the ones that look like they come from one of my banks. They do look authentic, right down to the logo.
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>The Unsubscribe links I click probably aren't in response to spam per se, just unwanted emails. If it's someplace I ordered from once and they are sending me their ad every week, I don't want to keep getting them. That kind of emails.

Isn't that called "phishing", where they typically ask you to re-enter your User ID and password as a "security check"?

Some people really do have handles on one side of their heads.