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How Do You Track a Spammer?

I have an email account that is apparently being used by someone else. I get messages in my junk folder from companies(no personal emails, just ads and websites this person has joined). They are using my email, I don’t like this. How do I get this person stopped? Is there an internet police?

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Anonymous #
1 year, 6 months ago (5 minutes after post)

Mas,

I like the second idea. I have had this email address for many, many, many years, since the 90’s. Does AVG have a website..like avg.com and do you know if they do this for a Mac?

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Rahat Lokum offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 Add Friend #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 6 months ago (9 minutes after post)

I’m not quite sure but if you mean you don’t want to receive spam you can try to change privacy settings.

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Anonymous #
1 year, 6 months ago (19 minutes after post)

The issue isn’t about not receiving spam. It is that a specific person is using my email address, I don’t know this person, I am not sure how they got it but I will get emails in my junk box and I have opened one or two them and when it shows my email address, next to it, it says this man’s name not mine.

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Anonymous #
1 year, 6 months ago (27 minutes after post)

Yes I have used my credit card online, rarely but yes. I have also opened my bank account to view my account balance online.

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Rahat Lokum offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 Add Friend #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 6 months ago (31 minutes after post)

Is the sender’s address the same or those mails are sent from different addresses? In first case you can block it.

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Anonymous #
1 year, 6 months ago (1 hour, 28 minutes after post)

The sender’s address is not the same, I get all kinds of junk mail sent to this guy who is using my email.

I don’t have IBM, I am on a mac. No windows xp here.

Yes I am sure it has his name on it where it says TO: it shows his name and in parenthesis my email address.

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