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SPAM is unwanted or unsolicited email that is sent to you by either maliciuous hackers trying to steal your info or by legitimate companies that send out "net-wide" advertisements to promote their products. You can also get these "junk" emails when you sign up for a service with some company and their "third-party affiliates" get access to your email address. Most are legitimate offers or companies, but there are those that can do serious harm. On the same vein, SPAMMING is where a person repeatedly sends out the same message over and over again to a specific group, whether it is via email or in chat rooms. More often than not this occurs as a result of an automated "bot" program.

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