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Benefits of Having a Disposable Email Account

 

All of us have email addresses that we value very much and we want them to stay clean, with no spam messages and without being hacked into. However, you may not know what to do in case you want to make a transaction online and you need to communicate to a seller or a buyer through emails who you don’t really know in person.

 

Well you do not necessarily have to use your private email address in such situations. If that is the case, you may just need a disposable email account.

 

This is an email account that you use for a certain purpose mainly because you do not want to use your primary email address which you have reserved for more personal matters.

 

Pros  

  1. With a disposable email account, you will not get spam messages through your primary email account since you will not be giving it out when doing online dealings. A lot of spammers get the email addresses that they use online when one uses their main account to transact or to register on a site that is compromised. Once you avoid using your primary email address, spamming will be the least of your worries because the chances of your email getting into the wrong hands will be greatly diminished.

  2. Your identity will not be known to online scammers because a disposable email account will help you hide it from scammers that may be targeting you. There are all sorts of people on the Internet and one has to be careful because you will not know a genuine from one that is out to practice malicious activities.

  3. You can also use the disposable email account to find the person or site provider that sold out your identity to spammers. If for instance you used your actual email address on one site and you start receiving spam messages, you can use this email account in order to be certain that it is that site provider that sold you out to spammers. Once you know this, you can avoid the site and scammers from it.

 

Get your disposable email account today

The good thing is obtaining a disposable account is really no rocket science. It is very easy to get a disposable email account these days. There are sites that will provide you with an email account that you can use for anything you need to do online, and then you can dispose of it when you are finished using it.

 

Sites like mailinator.com and GishPuppy.com are highly recommended though there are other sites that provide people with temporary disposable email accounts. This is usually the easiest way you can get your hands on a disposable account.

 

If you are an online shopper, you will find these accounts very useful, especially if you have to provide an email address to communicate between you and potential sellers. So check out these sites and some others that provide such accounts.

You might want to consider finding a reputable site or source to get your temporary email account. But bottom line is you really can use a disposable account, particularly to prevent spamming. 

BE SAFE
• Avoid giving personal information such as your address and phone number to someone you do not know.
• Avoid opening emails from unknown sources unless you do online marketing.
​. Do not open attachments sent to you from unknown sources.
• Avoid online friendships with unknown persons of dubious character.
• Be careful who you meet in person who you've met online.
• Tell someone else about any bad Internet experiences you are having online especially if you are a child.

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