Recent increase in spam from China?

[Intheswamp]

Has anyone experienced an increase in spam coming from China over the last couple of weeks? Most of what I'm seeing has a non-existent email address but any links shown in the spam ("unsubscribe", "email to a friend", "privacy policy", etc.) all seem to point to websites in China (.cn).

Just wondering...

Ed

 

[valentinebaby]

Yes! I have - somehow they get through my cable provider which is supposed to prevent that! Most have nothing other than the word TEST in the message box - very weird...

 

[English Chick]

I got one from Hong Kong but would not open it for fear of virus etc........trash canned it...

 

[ranchhand]

Whatever it is, do not click on any of the links included.
And don't reply or try to unsubscribe - it tell's them they have a "live one" on the other end.

Most email programs have a tab or button to flag an email as spam. Once you "tell" the program it's spam, all future emails from the sender will be deleted, blocked, or go in the trash, not even showing in the inbox anymore.

I haven't seen any from China, yet, but I rarely do any buying online, and that seems to be a key.