(Q&A) Junk Mail

I hate junk mail. I’m sick and tired of it filling up my InBox. I mean, who believes the stuff written in it? I love the ones that start with “Dearest” and then tell you how their uncle died during some war and they need your help to transfer $18 million. I wonder how many people fall for those. My spam mail filters do a pretty good job at keeping junk mail away from my InBox. But, I occasionally get a mail trying to sell me medicine. The most dangerous kind of junk mail is called phishing. That’s when a criminal fakes an e-mail to make it look like it’s sent from a bank. It looks exactly the same as a bank’s mail. The mail asks you to reset your password. The criminal then takes your money.

* junk mail = 정크 메일(원치 않는데 일방적으로 보내는 광고물)/ sick and tired of ~ = ~에 신물이 나는/ fill up ~ = ~을 가득 채우다/ stuff = 것, 물건, 물질(가리키는 사물(들)물질 등의 이름을 모르거나 그것이 중요하지 않을 때, 또는 무엇을 가리키는지가 분명할 때 씀)/ dearest = (사랑하는 사람에게 쓰는 편지 서두에서) 사랑하는/ transfer = 이동[이송/이전/이체]하다/ fall for ~ = ~에 속다, ~에 사기당하다; ~에 홀리다/ spam[junk] mail filter = 스팸[정크]메일 차단 장치/ keep A away from B = A를 B로 부터 멀리하다/ occasionally = 가끔/ phishing = 피싱 사기/ criminal = 범죄자, 범인/ fake = 위조[날조/조작]하다/ reset = (기기, 조종 장치 등의 시간, 숫자 등을) 다시 맞추다

* 질문 * 

01. Why do people send junk mail?

02. Why is junk mail also called spam mail?

03 .Do you think junk mail will ever disappear?

04. What do you think of junk mail and junk mailers?

05. Have you ever replied or responded to junk mail?

06. Should those who send junk mail go to prison?

07. What do you hate more, junk mail or pop-up ads?

08. Can you always detect spam mail from the subject?

09. How much does junk mail bother, irritate or anger you?

10. What are common subjects for the junk mail you receive?

11. Do you do anything to reduce the amount of junk mail you get?

12. What would you do or say to someone who kept sending you spam mail?

13. Have you ever replied to a spam mail asking the sender to stop?

14. Have you ever come across junk mail that was useful or interesting?

15. What is worse, junk mail in your inbox or junk mail delivered to your house?

16. Should governments, police and software companies work harder to catch spam e-mailers?

17. What do you think of the e-mail scammers who say their relative has died leaving them 

millions of dollars and they need your help?

18. Are you ever fooled by phishing mails – those that look like they’ve been sent from a bank and 

ask you to confirm‎ your private info?

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