HACKER Q&A
📣 Jugurtha

I emailed a Japanese company and now I receive daily SPAM from Japan


I emailed a company from Japan (their info@site.com) and it resulted in a flood of daily SPAM in Japanese, often from different .jp websites and return paths. I somteimes receive multiple emails a few seconds apart.

Is this a coincidence and everyone is receiving these (unlikely), or is this going to continue? Any advice?


  👤 rurban Accepted Answer ✓
I've emailed several film and TV companies in Japan to buy film rights, and never received any Japanese spam. Ditto with China.

The only Asian "spam" I observe are way off YouTube recommendations, which have nothing to do with my interests.

Advice: improve your spam filtering.


👤 simonblack
Japanese companies are no different from other companies all over the world.

Every now and then, I find myself going on an 'Unsubscribe" campaign. And I don't have any spam from Japanese companies.


👤 perl4ever
I tried to order something from a Polish company, found that they don't seem to ship internationally, and now I don't get any spam in Polish.

Which seems a bit suspicious.