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How to create a safe username

Using your real name as an e-mail address doesn't make sense. Instead, u should make your username up and add some underscore characters and numbers, a bit like this:
earth_2_blinky@hotmail.com

Remember, Spam Corp can forge the subject lines in e-mail, but they can only guess what your name might be.
If u were called Sam, can u guess which one of these mails is more likely to be spam?
  • Hey earth_2_blinky, have u seen this?
  • Hey Sam, have u seen this?
The answer is they could both be Spam. But example 2 is more tricksy, because your real name was used. Your mates aren't likely to send u mails using your made-up name, so get inventive and beat the spammers.

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