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Don't Want Your Email Address "Harvested"
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- Consider "masking" your email address.
"johndoe@myisp.com" could be masked as
"johndoe@spamaway.myisp.com"
- Keep your private email address private:
- Use a separate screen name for online
chatting.
- Consider creating "disposable email
addresses" for public postings in
newsgroups or on websites, or for online
purchases.
- Consider using one email account for
personal correspondence and another for
public use.
- Use a unique email address, containing both
letters and numbers.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FOR THE CONSUMER
TOLL-FREE 1-877-FTC-HELP WWW.FTC.GOV
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business
practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop
and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit
www.ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261.
The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints
into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and
criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
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