I’ve had Gmail for years, since it was still invite only even, and never had any problems with spam.
Except for the last month I’ve been getting so much spam, anyone else experiencing the same?
Did they switch their spam filter over to Gemini or something?
Btw I’m trying to degoogle and am mostly off Gmail, but have to use it for some stuff, since someone would definitely tell me.
It’s not necessarily Gmail, I have a variety of these free email accounts and my Gmail rarely ever gets spam. But my Yahoo has been getting hit HARD lately.
This is not unusual for this time of year. At the beginning of each year, this happens.
My theory is that it’s because in the US, this is when citizens begin working on their taxes and are able to get tax refunds as early as January. This means that malicious actors have a wide variety of money potentially available from these people having money from tax refunds and they have a higher chance of getting more money at this time.
That’s my theory, anyway. It starts to die down after April, which is the deadline for US citizens to file taxes for the year.