checked my gmail for the first time ever...

[hdeck]

i've logged into the account maybe once. never used it for any sign ups or anything. look and i have like 40 spam messages. how do those tricky bastards do it?

 

[imported_Mike]

hmm, I use mine all the time to sign up for stuff and have only 1-2 pieces of spam per week.

 

[Frew]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
hmm, I use mine all the time to sign up for stuff and have a 1-2 piece of spam per week only.

 

[Mik3y]

i barely ever get spam and i use gmail a LOT!!! like several times a day. i prob get like 1 spam mail every 2-3 weeks.

 

[datalink7]

I use it as my main email account and have gotten about 3-4 pieces of spam total. Started using it this summer I think.

 

[mpitts]

I have never used mine for anything and I get around ten spam emails a week. I am going to start using it as my permanent spam account from now on.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Spammers probably picked up your screenname from somewhere else, and sent spam to ___________@gmail.com, _________@yahoo.com, __________@hotmail.com, etc.

I think that's how the eBay phishers do it.

 

[InlineFive]

I get loads of spam everyday. But maybe that's because it's listed under my profile.

 

[eakers]

i always get e. akers mail.

 

[Shawn]

I started getting spam on g-mail. But it's because I use the same username for almost everything (except AT). So I guess it wasn't too hard to figure out I had a g-mail account. 🙁

 

[sciencewhiz]

http://www.tummy.com/journals/...s/jafo_20041219_224403

 

[nakedfrog]

I've barely used mine, and received no spam at all.

 

[Reel]

I get about 1 - 2 spam a day. I used my first name and my last initial as my name. I suppose that made it in to the dictionary files for the spammers. On the plus side, gmail catches most of the spam so it isn't that inconvenient.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Spammers probably picked up your screenname from somewhere else, and sent spam to ___________@gmail.com, _________@yahoo.com, __________@hotmail.com, etc.

I think that's how the eBay phishers do it.

i've never used my gmail name for anything else🙁 though it was obvious the spammer was using a word list cause the name was all hideous variations of the real thing.

 

[jtusa]

I have two gmail addresses. One I've never used, has no spam. One I use daily for just personal stuff, no spam. So I'm not complaining. 🙂

 

[jadinolf]

That gmail SPAM thing is strange. I have never gotten any but a friend who claims he has only given his address to a few people gets buried in it every day.