According to the e-mail providers GMX and Web.de, the number of unsolicited advertising messages increased by 34 percent in 2018. We’ll show you what you can do to avoid the spam wave.

Who doesn’t know it? You’ve recently filled out an online form, and now your inbox is drowning in promotional emails. This phenomenon becomes particularly tricky when the business e-mail address is affected and important messages are lost or work is stopped because of all the deletion.

Unlike phishing messages, spam emails are not aimed at harvesting sensitive data, but usually at selling more or less useful products. These can be supposed helpers for beauty and health, a trip or even a gym membership. According to the e-mail providers GMX and Web.de, an average of about 150 million e-mails were sorted out as spam last year – this is an increase of 34 percent.

Spam appears in different forms and is mainly known in connection with e-mails. However, it can also appear as an advertising banner, pop-up or as an advertising post in Internet forums. They can also contain links to fraudulent websites and, in the case of spam emails, attachments with malicious programs.