Remember, when dealing with spam:
· Do not click web links inside spam.
· Do not load the images inside spam.
If you do any of the above, then this will notify the
spammer that someone is checking emails at that email address and you will get
more spam. By default, when you select an email and Outlook opens it in the
preview pane it does not load images. You have to click to tell Outlook to load
images, do not do this. The preview pane is the pane that shows the email
message on the right hand side.
Also, you can select the email and click ignore in the top
left. This will ignore additional emails in the future.
Here is a website that can provide you with examples of
spam.
Spam worldwide tends to advertise a certain range of goods and services irrespective of language and geography. Additionally, spam reflects seasonal changes, with advertisements for Christmas items and car heaters being replaced by air conditioner advertising in the summer.
Spammers constantly extend the range of their offers and are always searching for new ways of attracting unwary users. The list of spam categories is growing. The share of “new” categories in spam traffic is insignificant, though certain trends are quite evident when spam categories are broken down. Nevermore so than in the most widespread types of spam:
However, when averaged out over the course of the year, 50% of spam fall into the following categories:
1. Adult content
2. Health
3. IT
4. Personal finance
5. Education and training
If you see web links in an email, hover over the link, but
do not click. If the link inside the email tells you it is going to one site,
then when you hover over the link and it has a different website than what you
see in the email; this is a clear indicator that it is a malicious link.
