# Am I getting spam from Bbboy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619 "2002-03-22T21:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/1 "2002-03-22T21:44:35Z")
If this has been asked, forgive me. If this is in the wrong forumn, at least I tried. Whenever I register at a new website, I use my [AOL.com](http://AOL.com) address for mail. I don’t mind giving it out. It isn’t usually that hard to delete the spam/offers that accumulate in a day’s time. No worse than throwing out the useless credit card applications that I get in the mailbox every day. No big deal. Since we all went to Bbboy, I _feel_ that I am getting twice(three times?) the spam-mail that I received previously. Am I wrong? I could be. Please, please! This isn’t scientific, and I don’t want to indict Bbboy wrongly. I may have been surfing sites lately that caused me to get more mail. It’s just a feeling. Thanks for the help. **Bib** If this is not the right place to put this, I’m sorry. I thought it required a factual answer which might have been of interest to more that a few users. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/2 "2002-03-22T21:52:36Z")
I don’t have proof that the reason I got the spam was by registering at [Bbboy.com](http://Bbboy.com). However, the day after I registered there, I opened my yahoo email (the one I use to register in public stuff like here) and had about 7 spams in my bulk email box. Prior to registering at that sight, I’d never seen anything show up in there. However, I’ve not had anything end up in there since, either. My first instinct was, however, that it had to do with registering over there. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/3 "2002-03-22T21:54:18Z")
:rolleyes: That would be “site”, not “sight”. ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/4 "2002-03-22T22:00:30Z")
I’ve been getting a lot, too. Most of it seems to be from [customoffers.com](http://customoffers.com). Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/5 "2002-03-22T22:25:32Z")
I personally have receive no advertisments with the e-mail address I registered at BbBoy. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/6 "2002-03-22T22:27:31Z")
What **Arnold** said. But, hey, count your blessings. I heard on another MB about people ordering the _My So Called Life_ DVD boxed set from a particular vendor and then suddenly getting bombarded with kiddie porn spam. :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/7 "2002-03-22T23:50:47Z")
**Arnold** I will accept your reply as the best one. I now assume that I have just been visiting too many other weird sites. A MOD can close this, if they choose. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/8 "2002-03-23T05:22:07Z")
Sam: I haven’t been getting any more spam at the address I used for BBoy, either. But we do get _tons_ of it at the address the Better Half uses for the various Palm Pilot/tech geek sites he visits. How many of those have you been on lately? It’s the demographics the advertisers like. ---
**Author:** ![AZCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/9 "2002-03-23T05:34:14Z")
I actually used a brand new account when I registered at BBoy, and I have not received any spam on that account yet. Damn, I just cursed myself. Where’s some wood? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-spam-from-bbboy/99619/10 "2002-03-23T16:07:17Z")
From [BbBoy Terms of Service](http://bbboy.net/terms.bbb#privacy) > [@](#): > > We will not disclose your e-mail address to any 3rd parties, and [BbBoy.net](http://BbBoy.net) will only e-mail you with important announcements about [BbBoy.net](http://BbBoy.net). By signing up for [BbBoy.net](http://BbBoy.net), you are agreeing to recieve these periodic e-mails. > . . . > [BbBoy.net](http://BbBoy.net) respects your privacy 100%. We will never give your e-mail address to anyone. The only person who will ever see your e-mail address is BbBoy himself. I notice your e-mail address is in your profile over there, so I suppose it’s possible some unscrupulous harvester unaffiliated with BbBoy could have gotten you address that way. You can remove your address from that profile by logging in over there, clicking on “User CP” then on “edit settings” then setting “Show Email Address?” to No. On this message board, you have to click on an extra link from the profile to get the e-mail address (“click here to email samclem”). This discourages harvesting of e-mail addresses.