> I also have catch-all addresses at my domain, so I register for things as SERVICE@mydomain
This is a great technique. I was receiving Nigerian-style spam to my santander@ e-mail address, but Santander ( a big Eurobank ) denied that they had leaked the address. They blamed me, stating that I must have entered that into some web form somewhere.
So I changed my address with them to santander_2014-03-20@ and guess what.. .within a couple of weeks spam came to that one too.
No subsequent response from them as to how these are being leaked / compromised. None of my other e-mail addresses of the form companyname@ are being spammed.
I'm gradually closing my Santander accounts, I just don't trust their IT systems and processes.
This is a great technique. I was receiving Nigerian-style spam to my santander@ e-mail address, but Santander ( a big Eurobank ) denied that they had leaked the address. They blamed me, stating that I must have entered that into some web form somewhere.
So I changed my address with them to santander_2014-03-20@ and guess what.. .within a couple of weeks spam came to that one too.
No subsequent response from them as to how these are being leaked / compromised. None of my other e-mail addresses of the form companyname@ are being spammed.
I'm gradually closing my Santander accounts, I just don't trust their IT systems and processes.