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Spam

Unsolicited email marketing products or services which may be from dubious or undesirable sources. Can be linked to so-called "phishing" attacks, which target customers of legitimate financial organisations to provide personal security information so that criminals can gain access to personal online accounts and the infamous 491 financial scams. Anti-spam software can identify spam and mark it appropriately or delete it before it hits the mailbox.

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