Enhance your life with a public service message, originally created April 15, 2016, and updated July 30, 2024:

Avoid spam and scams.

Per the examples in this article, spammers and scammers send all sorts of mysterious messages. Any "click" or "reply" response guarantees more spam-scam messages. Therefore, don’t respond.

"No longer want to receive our emails? Click to unsubscribe." — This trick is at the end of the spam-scam message. Yet, sometimes it's blatantly the first sentence in the message, which practically begs the recipient to click. — Again, any response attracts more spam-scam messages. Therefore, don’t respond. Don’t open attachments. Don’t display or download images.

Spam-scam messages phish for personal information, to steal money and identities. Avoid victimization by identifying, deleting, and reporting them — without responding. Finally, strengthen spam filters and move on to messages that matter.