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prof_hobart | 9 years ago

I do the same, but some companies don't seem to be interested. I've had two different emails linked to a magazine's website and had spam to both.

When I've contacted them about it, they've been absolutely adamant that the spammer must have (twice) guessed the exact email address that I've had there.

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0x0|9 years ago

I've had the same response. When I ask how come the spammer managed to successfully guess exactly the particular unique email address (including unique hashes appended to the service name as part of the username side of the address) on the first and only attempt (verified by looking at mail server logs), they just shrug.

oliwarner|9 years ago

You should report them to their country's data protection body. They are either maliciously selling your data against your explicit wishes or they've been hacked and are ignoring it.