Lost Paper Trail

[dadadadio]

My bank, cell provider and a retail store were kind enough to inform me of a security breach into their systems where someone scooped millions of emails, mine included. They assured me no personal information was compromised. In the last 24 hours my junk mail folder has bulged. I've had more than 40 junk emails in the last 20 hours. Do I really

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[ogrevi]

I got that same message. I'm no longer a customer at the bank, but I guess they still had my e-mail address on file. So far, no new junk (maybe they weren't interested in dead accounts).
I refuse to give up my Hotmail. I'm used to it. I have a gmail (actually, I have two), but I'm staying with Hotmail. Too much trouble to inform everyone not to write there any more.

[dadadadio]

Changing emails is a pain in the ass, that's why I've yet to act. I do like hotmail. I'm just sick of the junk.

[openscarf]

I rarely check my spam inbox, I think yahoo does a pretty good job. I have a google and hot mail account, but I don't want to change from yahoo at this time. It's fine for me.

I do think spam is just part of life now. Annoying but not too noticeable. If I got a letter like that though, I would change my banking password, reset all the securities, etc. Good luck, I hope nothing more comes of it.

I just read the story in time about LJ and the Russian spammers. Impressive! I wish I could read Russian, I would love to read about their free speech revolution on LJ. I'm not so mad at LJ anymore either, it sounds like a real war.

[panicalert]

Gmail is great, I have been using it since it started, and have never had a problem. Not much spam either.

[sharpchick]

I've gotten the same message from my gas card companies.

Everyone must be using the same processing company.

Hadn't noticed an increase in email spam - yet.