Bombarded by gambling sites
Posted by: bearman
28th Oct 2025 12:33pm
I entered an online competition and my e- mail has been leaked to other sites so I get up to 30 Gambling sites everyday. I delete and tag them as spam but they keep coming.
I report them as phishing sites and tick unsubscribe but this does not work.
Does anyone have a solution?
I report them as phishing sites and tick unsubscribe but this does not work.
Does anyone have a solution?
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Comments 2
abarnes
Hi Bearman
I hope you’ve already found a solution and that I’m chiming in unnecessarily.
First and foremost, you should NOT click unsubscribe on emails from random unknown senders.
Unless you’ve actually subscribed to Star City or whatever, gambling spam almost never comes from legitimate companies. Unsubscribing just confirms the address is active, which increases the volume. Even downloading graphics associated to an email, triggers that the email is active.
This is the biggest trap people fall into.
Block the domain, not just the sender
Spammers rotate email addresses constantly, but they often reuse the same domain or pattern.
So, block:
• the domain (e.g., *@betfast123.com)
• or even the top-level domain if it’s a spammy one (e.g., *.xyz)
Most email providers allow domain-level blocking.
Create a rule in your email that auto deletes gambling keywords
This can be surprisingly effective because gambling spam tends to reuse the same vocabulary.
Useful trigger words like:
• ‘casino’
• ‘bet’
• ‘wager’
• ‘slots’
• ‘jackpot’
• ‘sportsbook’
• ‘roulette’
• ‘bonus spins’
A Rule logic example:
If subject OR body contains ‘casino OR ‘bet’ → delete.
This should wipe out 90% of the noise before you ever see it.
Report as spam (not just delete)
Even though it feels repetitive, reporting helps your email provider’s filter to learn.
If multiple users report the same campaign, it gets auto blocked at the server level.
Check if your email was leaked
A sudden wave of gambling spam can mean the address was part of a data breach.
You can check safely using:
• Have I Been Pwned (legitimate, non-commercial, run by an Australian security researcher)
If your address shows up in a breach, it explains the sudden spike — and the spam usually tapers off after a few weeks once the list gets ‘burned out.’
Note, there is a fee to this. In your case I wouldn’t bother… you’ve already identified the cause-effect. The breach seems to be clearly happening since you used your email at a site that has on-sold their mailing list.
Even one sign up years ago can cause:
• resold mailing lists
• ‘affiliates’ sending spam
• automated scraping of old accounts
If that’s the case, here’s a possible fix:
• change the email on that account to dud email
• or delete the account entirely
Finally, use aliases or plus addressing going forward
This prevents future leaks from contaminating your main inbox.
Examples:
• name+shopping@provider.com
• name+forums@provider.com
Then they can filter based on the “+tag”.
If the spam is extreme or contains illegal content
You can forward it (as an attachment) to your provider’s abuse address.
Most ISPs have one — it’s usually something like:
• abuse@provider.com
• spam@provider.com
This helps get the sender blacklisted.
All the best.
jtmorri
If you go into your email, you should be able to create lists of what you ban/block. It is usually by adding the email address, or even partial to the list and you can set up for them to be moved to spam or completely deleted when they arrive to your inbox.