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Do keep a log of what competitions you enter? Usually I keep bookmarks and date them. This makes it a lot easier to check back if won, especially for Facebook competitions.
The generally with FB and Instagram don't end up with a lifetime of spam.

On a note for Facebook. Message requests can easily be overlooked and missed. I just found out missed a market research a couple of weeks ago. :(

@Lemond it's not winning emails, it's spam emails that have gone from 2 to almost 80 today... haven't received a 'YOU'VE WON" email in almost 7 weeks

@Annaar lmao. The point was if the competitions entered are bookmarked/recorded you might be able to work out which competitions might be the cause of your increase in sudden increase in spam emails. Apart from that unless you got a "friend" who has just signed you up for some spam.

@Lemond I run a list, cannot work it out as only sign up with known companies.

This account is not for getting personal emails.

Many years ago, back in the days of chat rooms a 'friend' signed me up for spam... She didn't want to hear the truth about the morons she dated even though she asked 'what do you think?'

Had to kill the account :-)

When you read the T&Cs of some competitions, it says by entering this competition you agree to receive information from that Company as well as their Partners.

@gaseja True, but it's spam... the usual garbage we used to get decades ago... Company's partners will not be trying to send me links to porn sites or asking me to hook up with them via vids

yes a huge increase but it is also my fault as I am aware that I will be getting emails from third party sites with practically each comp I enter. It does take a huge effort to sort through them daily though as there could be an odd "winning" email amongst them which has happened a few times.

@bops18 I took a break from comping in Feb mainly due to how much effort needed to keep up with the emails. :( I got that surprise this morning with a win slipping into the junk emails and sat there for a day or two. I was lucky to spot it.

@bops18 filter them...

@Annaar I used to filter them....have just upgraded puter and been way too busy atm to sort it out, will do it hopefully soon, you're right, it's a great idea to filter them all to a newsletter folder or something like that.

If you see an email offering you meds. usually you'll have plenty of them.. so filter by topic.. that way they'll all be group together.. easier to cull

@Annaar Wow thank goodness I've never had that.