I got spam from the future

As if i hadn’t got enough of spam emails in the present time, nooo i have to get them from the future too. I have couple of mail accounts and i get a lot of spam to them on a daily basis. About 30-40 email per day on each account. I use the junk mail control though, and it automatically puts junk mails in the trash can, but it does miss couple of them.

But since this automatic cleaner isn’t very accurate i may have some useful emails, maybe also emails from future clients in my trash can so here and there i need to check that folder too.

Now here’s a neat one and it’s from the future. Why future? Well i got it sent from year 2038.

Is it a warning that the world is going to explode in that year because of global warming and that we need to take action? Nope, it’s just spam… Although i can’t seem to read it… Click on the upper pic to see the full view.

I also get some spam emails from the past like 1867 or 1970. I still hate them…

There are some reasons why i get spam to it. Here are just some:

• I used my email a while ago on my page using the “mailto:name@email.com” link. Spam softwares collect these when they spider your site and add them to the database which is then used to send out spam emails. These databases are also available to buy and a lot of people are making money out of them too. By just selling databases of emails.
• Spy ware can also be a reason for getting spam emails etc.
• Giving out your email on sites that give you free stuff you never get like mp3’s or smilies etc.
• Also forwarded chain emails are a pain in the ass since they have about 100 or even 500 emails listed in them. So i don’t send these out either.
• Your hosting may also be selling your emails or adding it to a database. Free hosting do that a lot.
• And there are a lot of other techniques so be careful.