Who is Selling Your Email Addresses

This video tutorial explains how to identify the sources of spam emails by using a plus sign in your email address. Google ignores any text after the plus sign, allowing users to track where their email addresses are being used. The video demonstrates how to apply this trick during sign-up processes and how to identify if a company is selling your email address by checking for mismatches between the recipient address and the sender's domain.

What is one way companies might obtain your email address to send spam?

• By guessing common email addresses

• By purchasing them from other companies

• By hacking into your email account

• By using social media profiles

How does Google Mail treat the part of an email address after a plus sign?

• It considers it as a separate email address

• It marks it as spam

• It treats it as a password

• It ignores it completely

What is a benefit of using a plus sign in your email address?

• It makes your email address shorter

• It helps identify the source of emails

• It increases email storage capacity

• It prevents all spam emails

What should match to ensure a company is not selling your email address?

• The email timestamp and sender location

• The recipient address and sender domain name

• The email content and sender address

• The email subject and sender name

What does a mismatch between the recipient address and sender domain name indicate?

• The company might be selling your email address

• The email is a promotional offer

• The email is likely a phishing attempt

• The email is from a trusted source