Windows 10: i get a lot of spam email, like up to 200 in a day? is my email tracked or spying on?

also noticed that if i example googling something from my phone my microsoft email starting to give me email about the same theme.

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Lots Of Daily Spam Emails

Once you're on the list, the only thing you can do to stop it is change your email address.

I have an old Hotmail email that I use very rarely, and never give out anymore. I've had this account for close to 20 years, and it *STILL* gets a ton of spam. Many years ago I used to sign up for stuff using various fake names so I could try to track where spam was coming from, and I *STILL* get spam with those names 10+ years later.

No, you can't just block the IP addresses. The IP's change regularly, and often these are hijacked servers that are used for a few days or weeks then they move on to the next hijacked server so that people can't block them.

Trust me.. 30 spam messages is not very many, I get over 2500 per day, and that's the stuff that makes it through the front-end filters. There have been particularly bad periods where I've received of 25,000 per day. Only changing your email and never giving it out to any mailing list, service, website, etc.. will protect you from spam, and even then random emails can still be sent if your email address is common enough.

Honestly, I wouldn't be that worried about those "hidden" messages, since 99.9% of spammers just don't care if an email address is good or not.. They don't even bother to remove duplicates.

 

Lots Of Daily Spam Emails

I also use Hotmail and have been inundated with Spam emails since day 1.
Last year I joined Windows 10 Insider and created a Microsoft account using Hotmail to do so.
Along the way I was notified that my original Hotmail account would be updated as part of their process and that did happen.
This Aug I had 200 Spam emails in my Hotmail account, 0 between 2 Yahoo email accounts.
This Sep I had “only” 71 Spam emails in my Hotmail account, 0 between both Yahoo email accounts.
Between last year and this Aug, I have no idea how many Spam emails were being received in Hotmail; all I recall is frustratingly emptying the Junk Email folder.
I never responded to any of them and just about every topic that can be included in Spam emails were brought up. Eventually I found out it’s supposed to be possible to block them in my Manage My Microsoft Account where I can View My Inbox; it didn’t help.
I asked for help in the Microsoft Community; they wanted to be helpful but were not successful in providing a resolution.
Unfortunately even though I wanted to participate in the Windows 10 Insider Program I didn’t. I paid attention to it and it has done me very well but I did not want to create a mailing list in my Microsoft account.
I don’t expect a resolution to the Spam emails but wanted to share my story.

 

Lots Of Daily Spam Emails

Hi:

Sorry, @pepanee, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "adjusting" "spam computers".
If you want to bounce spam messages, that's a bad idea -- it could get you into hot water with your ISP.

The Mailwasher Pro program I mentioned has both spam-filtering and spam-reporting technology. But if you don't want to use it or a similar application, that's fine. It was merely a suggestion. And it likely will not completely solve the problem (no software will).

As @Mystere said, the only real solution is to close down the affected email address and start fresh with a new one.
I've had the same primary ISP email address for more than 13 years. I get no more than 1 or 2 spam messages per month that make it past the ISP's filters into Mailwasher. And I delete it off the server from the Mailwasher Pro grid without the message's ever reaching my system. So, maintaining one's email address without being flooded by spam *can* be done, using a bit of "situational awareness" and practicing "safe hex".

Good luck!

MM