Where spam comes from
You leave your email when signing up, for Wi-Fi, a discount or a download. The address ends up on mailing lists — and sometimes in leaked databases sold to spammers and scammers.
What you can do today
- Unsubscribe from newsletters you don't need: the “Unsubscribe” link is usually at the bottom. Only do this for companies you know — don't click anything in suspicious emails.
- Mark junk as “Spam” so your provider learns to filter similar emails.
- Create filters by sender or keywords.
- Check whether your address appeared in data breaches at haveibeenpwned.com.
The golden rule: don't give your real address to everyone
Use a temporary email for one-off sign-ups: the address lives for a day, then disappears along with every newsletter. For services you use regularly, use separate anonymous addresses. If one of them starts getting spam, you'll know exactly who shared your email — and you can simply delete that address.
How to do it with Neatbox
This site gives you a temporary address in one click. Our Telegram bot @neatbox_bot gives you permanent addresses — for example, one for shopping, one for social media and one for games. Ads are hidden automatically, and if a casino writes to your “twitter” address, the bot warns you about a leak.