How can I stop the spam accounts trying to add me on Yahoo profile?
Today I've had over 100 emails, most of which are spam yahoo accounts trying to add me on their profiles. Any way of stopping this as it's annoying!
Spam & Bulk Mail - 3 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Use the Filters in your email to filter out what you don't want and if one does get through just press the spam button and it will be moved to spam every time you get one from that sender.
Answer 2 :
Since more than a week quite a few users have reported the same problem, it seems to be a new way of spamming, where once you accept the connection, the user posts the link to a pornography site. Be very careful, since such websites have been known to plant all sorts of malware on your harddrive! What you can do is this: 1: Go to "My Activity" at the top of this page, click "Edit My Preferences" -> click "Privacy and Communication". Scroll down and click "don't share my updates", hit submit. 2: On the mail screen click "options", at the top of the list unmark "enable updates", click "save changes" at the upper left. That may not stop all requests immediately, but it will slow them down considerably!
Answer 3 :
Here are several suggestions----that, "In most cases, should" stop them. Use whichever one works for you (or it might take all three) Just disable "updates" in your mail settings. Mail page>>options>>mail/more options>>>>>AND UNCHECK the button next to "enable updates". Then click "save changes" at the top of the page. You should also go to your Pulse page, and UNCHECK "share my updates"----then scroll to and click "save" (bottom of page). http://pulse.yahoo.com/y/settings/updates *************************** Another suggestion I found (from the Yahoo Answer Team): Mouse over your Hi Name (top left), and click on "Profile" to open your Pulse page. On that page click on "settings" (top right). Scroll to "Notifications" and click on "manage email notifications". Then check the "NO box on Invites" Click "Done".
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