Spam Protection

Reliable Spam Protection for Emails

When you turn to the IT services at MSEDP, you get professional spam protection from emails and other outlets. Keep your networks free of spam and unwanted emails by utilizing the tools at MSEDP's disposal. Our email solutions will ensure that you are protected from unwanted threats.  We give you the tools to succeed, like incorporating the safe utilization of cloud emails. So make the smart choice and turn to MSEDP for the best IT services and spam email protection on Long Island, New York.

Why Are You Getting Spam Emails in the First Place?

The first move into stopping spam emails is to understand why you are getting them in the first place. To the laymen, it might seem like these scammers simply know your email address. However, there is more to it than that. There are specific ways they can get it. Some ways scammers get emails is by doing the following:

1. Getting Your Email from Social Media: Social media platforms can expose your email address to anyone on the internet, as well as disclose other contact information like your phone number. These scammers can use software that scrapes sites for email addresses and adds them to their lists.
2. Date Breach Leak: Hackers love targeting the databases of major companies and then sell that stolen information. Email addresses are an especially easy to steal and are often part of a purchase of data.
3. Mistakenly Opened or Responded to Previous Scam Email: These hackers like to share these lists of active email addresses with other hackers, so everyone gets a taste. If you click on a link or even open a spam email, it lets the hacker know you are a target for further attacks.
4. Data Brokers Sold Lists with Your Email Address: Data brokers, which commonly are called "people finder sites," are legitimate companies that collect and sell information about people. While their main clients are advertisers, scammers can also buy these lists of personal contact information in an effort to power their schemes.

What Happens If You Open a Spam Email? Is It Dangerous?

Simply receiving spam messages is not dangerous in and of itself. However, opening a spam email can give the scammers the information they are seeking and can even use against you. Worse yet, if you have automatic image loading on your email client, the scammer might be able to see the following aspects:

• Device location
• Your internet service provider
• Your device type, operating system, email client, and web browser

And not only can opening spam emails verify that your email is active, which can lead to even more spam emails, these spam emails could contain:

1. Phishing attempts: Hackers send emails posing as people or companies you trust to extract your personally identifiable information, financial credentials, or passwords.
2. Malicious attachments: Hackers often attach files to their emails that contain malware which can install ransomware, adware, or other viruses on your device. Malware can also siphon your personal information to scammers so that they can steal your identity.
3. Malicious links for phishing websites: Phishing websites are set up to mimic legitimate websites. However, these websites will instead steal your login credentials. Never click on any link in an unsolicited email.
4. Social engineering attacks: Phishing attacks often employ social engineering tactics. These are tactics that use deception and a false sense of urgency in order to manipulate you into giving away key personal or credit card information.

If opening the email is all you have done, then it should not be a big deal. However, if you clicked on a link, downloaded an attachment, or responded with sensitive information, then you need to act quickly to protect yourself. Get that protection with MSEDP!

Are You Getting More Spam Emails Than Ever Before?

Spam emails are such a common way for hackers to get their information that it feels like it can be never-ending. But spam doesn't just include harmless offers and ads. Scammers will also use spam emails as a "low-risk, high-reward" way to unleash viruses and to phish for personal information. Even an accidental click on opening a spam email can provide these scammers with the sensitive information they are looking for. And the way into finding out who you are and where you live and guarantee you will be getting more spam.

Beware of Phishing Scams

So if you feel like you are getting more spam emails than ever before, you can turn to MSEDP for the best and latest in spam email protection. We offer ways to prevent these spam emails from coming in and protecting you from further spam attacks. Keeping your information safe and secure.

Get Spam Protection with MSEDP

The #1 way to stay safe from scammers is to outright avoid them as much as possible. However, we know that is not always attainable, as these threats lurch out from everywhere. Here are some steps to steer clear of scam emails.

• Learn what these spam emails look like, so you are familiar on what to avoid.
• Pay attention to any warning signs.
• Do not ever click on links or attachments from suspicious senders.
• Reduce your digital footprint, if possible, in order to minimize the amount of spam emails you get.
• Use email aliases when you are signing up for non-vital things and clear your name from predatory data broker lists.

Scammers want one thing and that is your personal or financial information. When you turn to MSEDP, you will be taking steps in preventing this from happening. Let us secure your devices from malware and phishing attacks with effective spam protection, so you can continue to safely use your email address.