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lpbk2713

(43,201 posts) Fri Nov 29, 2019, 06:34 PM Nov 2019

Craigslist will sell your email address to spammers.

I had one particular addy I used for Craigslist only. I closed my account with them recently after they started charging for certain categories of ads. I left the email account active. Now after many years I get several bogus emails a day addressed to that account. I'll leave it active for a while just out of curiosity to see how bad it gets.

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Craigslist will sell your email address to spammers. (Original Post) lpbk2713 Nov 2019 OP

I do same with snail mail addresses dixiegrrrrl Dec 2019 #1

dixiegrrrrl

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1. I do same with snail mail addresses

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Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:21 PM

Dec 2019

When I request a ayalog, for instance, after my first name I add initials of catalog....fer instance J.C. Penny would read

Mary JC Smith

Very interesting to see which junk mail comes with which address.....

My favorite household/gardening source is Lee Valley Tools, in Canada, and they do not seem to sell my address.

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