The New York Times is giving out some valuable consumer advise in an article titled, “Don’t Call. Don’t Write. Let Me Be.”
Whatever you do, do not respond to an unsolicited e-mail message when it gives you the option to opt out of receiving more e-mail. That is a trick used by spammers to confirm they hit a live address. Once that happens, your address goes to a prime list and is sold to other spammers. You may even find legitimate businesses eventually using addresses on that list.
