Bingo Spam

Too many friends or Bingo Spam?

If you're a regular customer at a bingo site, you have undoubtedly given them your e-mail address at some point, probably as a necessary part of the registration process. The majority of online bingo sites have pledged to keep your e-mail address and other personal details private and secured, which means that they cannot sell your personal info under any circumstances. It's best that you scan a site's privacy policy before registering there. If you’ve failed to find it, do not reveal any personal information, including your e-mail address.

If after spending a minute scanning a particular bingo site, you’ve been convinced of its credibility and you do wish to receive mailings, such as newsletters and promotional information from the site, be sure to type in your most accessible email address, the one you are sure to check on a regular basis. It is no less important to set your email server to a mode that will allow you to see mailings from the bingo site in your inbox and not in a junk mail folder.  
   
But we’ve diverted from our main topic, spamming. What is it, exactly?

Let's take the following scenario:

You're on the run as always, only 15 minutes at your disposal and you're rushing to check your e-mail, in hopes of finding an email or two from your bingo mates. You sign into your email account and notice that a whopping 999 emails are waiting in your inbox. Can it be true? Are you all that popular? Although your friends at online bingo lucky don't want to be the ones to break it to you, having 999 friends, be it just virtual ones, is highly unlikely. What is it then? Unfortunately, you’ve been spammed!
 
Spam mails are generated by people who acquire long lists of e-mail addresses, which are used for advertising and marketing purposes. The companies owning this information use it to create lists of e-mail addresses linking people with common interests.

There is yet another type of spam that some online bingo sites use in order to advertise their affiliates. Quite frequently, your e-mail inbox will be flooded with e-mails coming from bingo sites you haven’t registered with, asking you to join their casinos or bingo sites. These bingo sites, though unfamiliar to you, are part of a network of bingo sites with which you’ve recently registered.    

Some bingo players may register with online bingo sites that have been paid to promote other sites. The fact that they're being paid to promote other sites automatically makes them subjective. What happens is that once you give your e-mail address to one of these traffic builders, you're bound to be ruthlessly spammed. This site will capitalize on your naiveté and feel free to send you dozens of e-mails promoting any site that has paid them to do so.

If you don't want to be bombarded by spam, you have to undertake a few preventative measures. One way to prevent having your personal email address spammed is to create a separate hotmail, or yahoo account to use for signing up at sites that have inspired any measure of your doubt. Also, at some websites, a player can opt out of a mailing list, if he or she no longer wishes to be a member of that particular site. Consequently, your e-mail address will also be removed from the site’s database.

To sum it up, unless you are 100% sure, don’t give out your personal info by registering with random websites. If you still wish to take part in the advertised contest, use web-based free accounts.

Take care of yourself and your privacy!