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What to do if someone is doing bad things with a Ta.gg

Did someone send you spam with our Ta.gg in it?

To start Ta.gg did not send you that email. Some spammer sent that junk mail and "phished" our website.


We do not have a mailing list and don't send emails to people. You are not a part of any mailing list with us, so please understand that. We cannot unsubscribe you from anything. We DO NOT have any mailing lists.


We hate spam and want it to stop.


There are things you can do to help guard yourself against such spam, and also help us fight it. If you would like to receive help, please read our notes below and write to us accordingly. We cannot do much with emails that seek help without following the directions below.


Details of what happened and what you can do

Ta.gg did NOT send that spam.

Please check the FROM and TO addresses in the spam email. It will confirm that the email was not sent by Ta.gg. If you see something that indicates that it was sent by Ta.gg, then someone is spoofing our email address. And since we don't have email boxes under the Ta.gg domain (we use Gmail) then you did not get that email from us. Ta.gg is a popular, useful service used by some of the top newsletters around the world. We do not tolerate out Ta.ggs being used for spam or other illegal purposes. We operate under very strict terms of use, and we are not shy to adhere to them.


If Ta.gg didn't send me that email who did?

You received a junk mail from some spammer with nothing better to do. He misleadingly included a Ta.gg URL in it -- often masquerading as an "Unsubscribe" link or something of that nature, but actually pointing to some click-rewarding site that he wanted you to visit.


This is the way spam works -- it tries to mislead.


What can you do to help us fight spam?

Please forward that email to us with full headers. Forward the spam mail to us at taggabuse [at] gmail [dot] com. We will do the following:

  • We will disable the abused ta.gg URL. This makes the spammer's effort practically useless. If you have come to this page from clicking on some Unsubscribe link, it means we have already disabled the misleading ta.gg URL based on complaints from users before you.
  • We will report their actions to their ISP. This is not as straightforward as it seems, because spammers will often fake their FROM address. This is why we request that you send us the full headers of that spam, so we can determine its actual origin.
  • We will report the spam to your ISP or email provider. For instance, if you use Yahoo, then we will report it to abuse@yahoo.com. This may help Yahoo's abuse management team to block that particular spammer.


How can I prevent spam?

  • Take advantage of the Junk E-mail Filter
  • Block images in HTML messages that spammers use as Web beacons
  • Turn off automatic processing of meeting requests and read and delivery receipts
  • Limit where you post your e-mail address
  • Disguise (or "munge") your e-mail address when you post it to a newsgroup, chat room, bulletin board, or other public places
  • Use multiple e-mail addresses for different purposes
  • Review the privacy policies of Web sites
  • Watch out for check boxes that are already selected
  • Don't reply to spam
  • If a company uses e-mail messages to ask for personal information, do not respond using email. Call them.
  • Don't contribute to a charity based on a request in e-mail
  • Don't forward chain e-mail messages


Thank you for your help!

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