While scammers continue to try new tricks to lure people, men and women are also onto those tricks. There’s one place where you can help your dad avoid scams. Get him a junk email account. This is a handy way of maintaining privacy while using the internet.
Google, Yahoo, and internet providers all provide free emails. It takes minutes to sign up and create a junk email account. All he needs is to create a username to be part of his email. When he sets it up, jot down the name and password so that he can access it as needed.
Junk Email Accounts Maintain Privacy
Many websites ask for an email before you’re allowed to view prices, read the news, request a coupon, or get more information. Sharing that email can put you on lists that are sold and shared with companies you didn’t want to deal with. Scammers also get hold of emails by purchasing these lists.
With a junk email account, your dad can give an email that he doesn’t use. The site won’t let him do or read something without the email, he’s giving an email that isn’t his personal email. It helps keep his private, personal email from getting shared.
When he creates the junk email account, he doesn’t have to use his real name. He can make one up and not give his address. It keeps him from having to share personal details.
It Helps Identify Scams
When your dad gets emails he’s not sure about in his inbox, he’ll find it easier to rule out spam and scams. If the family are the only ones with that email, he’ll know an email from a government agency or store is a scam. He’s never given them that email, so it can’t be from them. He can report that scam email to the government to help them with their investigations into scams.
Settings Can Clear Out Emails Every Few Days
The settings on a junk email account can be set to automatically delete mail in the spam folder each day. He never has to open it. He’s gotten the news article or information he needs without sharing his private information.
Make sure your dad has the help he needs around the home. If he needs help sorting through mail and email each day, homecare services providers can stop by and help him with those and other chores. With homecare services, he has someone available to help him with housework, organization, and errands. Talk to our homecare representative to learn more.