Problem with my e-mail

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  1. KT53

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    Whenever I get notification that I have won a lottery or other random prize it gets places in my 'Spam' folder. That even happens when I've won lotteries I don't remember entering.
    Even after I've moved it to a proper folder and replied I never seem to win anything. I can only assume that because it has been placed in Spam it somehow stops my replies getting through. Can anybody help sort this out? I could be missing out on millions.:biggrin:
     
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      Maybe you have to put the contents of your Spam folder between 2 slices of bread ( preferably that weird white squashy stuff ), eat and wait.......... can't guarantee you'll get your prize but something will come out of it one way or another :biggrin:
       
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        I just forward every dodgy spam email to the site you can report them to [which I've forgotten the name of...] There was a huge deluge of them during the pandemic, but I now seem to get none.
        I almost miss it....:heehee:

        You'll certainly be missing out on that wealthy Nigerian prince you're related to @KT53.....

        Can you still get the 'edible' Spam nowadays? I'm not sure I ever found it edible, hence the quote marks :biggrin:
         
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        E still buys it @fairygirl !!!! Just looking at it is enough to put me off . I've never come across a wealthy Nigerian Prince yet- my Spam fans seem to be of the East European persuasion looking for their Mr. Right with a healthy bank balance and not much sense :biggrin:
         
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        I meant to look for Spam last night when I did the shopping, but forgot. I remember my Mum giving it to us when we were young. Vile stuff. Whenever I see traditional underlay for carpets, it reminds me of it :biggrin:
         
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          That's the one @shiney. :blue thumb:
          I actually looked yesterday when I was doing something else, but I didn't post. I could remember the report@phishing bit, but couldn't remember the rest.
           
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          Spam (Specially Processed American Meat) remember it well from childhood. It was a regular Friday treat in the school canteen, Spam fritters with chips and baked beans.
          Also taken on scout camping trips, useful as could be opened with out a tin opener and then used in a variety of ways.
          Years ago I heard a radio programme on the Spam factory where the pigs went in one end and filled Spam cans came out the other.
          See SPAM® Brand and you may find a recipe to try. The distribution of markets is interesting, North America, UK and NI, China, Japan and some other places in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and that is about it.
           
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            Why is it always a Nigerian Prince and never a Nigerian Princess? They should diversify to expand the potential client base.
             
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            Many, many years ago we were invited to tea by the parents of one of my school friends. Tea was actually just one Spam sandwich each and a piece of very dry cake. The Spam sandwich consisted of thick slices of white bread, thickly spread with margarine and a chunk of Spam. Utterly revolting, but we had to eat it to be polite!
             
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              Was it a Madeira cake? That was the one cake my mother made that I couldn't stand as it was always dry, I found it best served with custard.
               
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                Why don't you apply for the job of their PR Officer?
                 
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                Oh Madeira cake! That’s a blast from the past for me. Dry as old bones.:frown:
                 
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                  I couldn't say what type of cake it was. I was so traumatised by the sandwich my memories of anything else are hazy.
                   
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                  My old Dad always spoke of trading Bully beef, (corned beef), with the yanks during WW2, North Africa and Italy.
                  Apparently the Yanks liked the Bully as a change and so did our lot like the Spam, as a change.
                   
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