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eMail
Disclaimer
Your
eMail Is Safe With Us!
We
NEVER divulge our client's eMail addresses to anyone for any reason
and keep them private.
We
at NASAE.org take personal privacy very seriously, and I can assure
you that we will never give your eMail address to anyone. We also
take great care in protecting our eMail addresses and store them
in a protected server that is quite secure and has the latest
in anti-hacker protection.
We
will only eMail you under the following conditions-
1)
You sign up for membership..
2) We need to clarify something about your membership.
3) You eMail us and request us to reply.
4) You sign up for our newsletter.
Please
note, we will NEVER ask you for sensitive credit card information,
etc. by eMail as that is not a secure way to transfer that kind
of information.
We
know how annoying many companies are becoming with sending eMails
to web site visitors and customers and as the founder of this
organization, trust me when I say... we will never resort to such
practices.
Best,
Lisa
Lawless
NASAE Founder
Things
You Should Be Aware Of To Protect Yourself
New
Internet Scams: "Phishing"
Below you will find some tips on how to protect your eMail address
from those who unethically spam unsuspecting people like yourself.
What
Is "Phishing?"
"Phishing"
refers to a person or a group of cyber-criminals who create an
imitation or copy of an existing legitimate Web page to trick
users into providing sensitive personal information. Responding
to "phishing" eMails put your accounts at risk.
Be
Aware of Phishing Scams-
Many
companies like eBay are experiencing problems with hackers using
a technique called "Phishing." This is when the name
and logo of a company has been used without consent or knowledge
by that company to acquire sensitive information from unsuspecting
Web and eMail users. For example you could get an eMail saying
that your eBay account needs to be updated. You innocently click
on the link they send you which can lead you to a fake web site
asking you for your password or credit card information or the
link can be to a file that contains a virus. You need to take
precautions. When it doubt, simply type in the real web site address-
www.eBay.com and contact customer service to make sure that the
eMail is legitimate.
While
our company, ToSoar.org,. has not been compromised in any way,
many large numbers of recipients from other more highly targeted
companies like banks and online auction companies are being "spammed,"
without actual knowledge of their banking affiliation, with fraudulent
eMails like these.
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If you suspect that you have received a fraudulent eMail by someone
using our company logo or name, please forward it to us.
How
To Prevent Spam
Removal Addresses:
Never respond to the 'removal request' eMail address that
shows up in some spam. Doing so is a quick way to end up on the
list of dozens of other spammers. It's best just to complain directly
to the spammer's service provider.
Usenet
Newsgroups: Never post a message
to a newsgroup using your real eMail address. A very simple way
to cloak your address from the spam-robots is to add 'spam-bait'
to it. For instance, if your eMail address is "jdoe@internet.com"
change it to something like "jdoe|NO_Spam@internet.com|NoSpam".
This makes it easy for others to see your address, but the spam
robots cannot make that distinction (yet...). Use spam-bait on
eMail addresses in your news-reader program and in any signature
files you use. Robots can get your address from there too.
Personal
Web sites: If you have a personal
web page as many people do these days... computer hackers target
those and will "spider" (use computer programs to search through
the site) through web sites to collect eMail addresses. When our
web site first went up our spam and the number of viruses sent
to us did too. We have since put a special Java Script code on
our site that protects us from that. If you have a web site...
you may want to make sure that you do not have your eMail address
on it or use the code we do which you can find at http://www.joemaller.com/js-mailer.shtml.
Online
Services: Never publish a 'user
profile'. Find out if you can request exclusion from any member
directories. Ask the service about setting up a separate user
ID (with separate eMail box) that you can use for chat rooms or
newsgroups. Also, ask if the service offers any mail filters to
keep messages from known spammers out of your mailbox.
Online
Software Registration: Always
double check which options you are checking when registering your
software. Online registration programs often let you choose to
have your address added to a list of addresses so the business
can send you eMail Sometimes you have to uncheck a box if you
don't want advertisements.
Electronic
News Subscriptions: The same warnings as above apply here. Read
the options very carefully. Spam-Stopping Services- These services
help prevent SPAM from showing up in your mailbox- Consumers Connect
offers a Subscription to the Privacy Service. They can assist
you in preventing unwanted eMail
Zero
Junk Mail
This service requires a small membership fee, but they assist
you in stopping junk eMail
Junk
Mail Junction
This free service helps you get rid of junk eMail They also help
prevent postal junk-mail. I hope these tips help you in figuring
out where it is all coming from.
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