Today brought home the issue of electronic clutter even more so than usual. I have way too many emails as it is, but today I got bombed with spam marketing emails. And when I mean bombed, I mean like at least 50 this morning alone. From somewhere new. Not the usual emails from companies from which I’ve purchased things.
I mean like from I have no idea where. NO. CLUE. Except, after a while, I did notice they were all sent from the exact same email address.
Hmmm.
So I strolled on over to the website the email exchange suggested. This is what I got, a blank screen other than:
redt4 OK
So, I googled “redt4 OK” and “jcpenneyme.com” which is the exchange in the email address.
I’m not totally tech savvy, but from what I can tell this is a website that basically spams their targets with marketing emails. And, apparently, it pays because whoever is running it is getting daily revenue of $107. For spamming people.
Nice.
Unsubscribe. Unsubscribe. Unsubscribe.
Except requesting unsubscribe takes anywhere from 3-10 days, depending on which email has been sent. So I’ll be getting emails for Hydrolize so I can visibly reduce under-eye circles and bags, free credit scores, and QuiBids (Shocking! Blow Out Auctions Save Users Up to 95% Off Retail!), among others, for the next week and a half. And in the time it took me to type that sentence I got FIVE MORE AMAZING OFFERS!
Not only did I click the unsubscribe button on eleventy billion emails, I also sent an email to the email address demanding via a message in ALL CAPS asking very politely to be removed from all of their lists, and then I registered with DMA CHOICE which allows you to opt out of receiving direct marketing materials both through regular mail and email.
Because I don’t want to Shop Now Pay Later With Fingerhut Credit.