Has your inbox recently been deluged with unwanted and even outright malicious messages? Here are 10 possible reasons – and how to stem the tide.

For all our modern obsession with social media and messaging apps, email remains a daily staple for many of us. Modern email providers are pretty good at filtering out unsolicited messages known as spam, their checks don’t necessarily work all the time. Much like with unwanted phone calls, sometimes it can feel like the internet gods have opened the floodgates as your inbox suddenly fills up with unwanted and malicious messages.

When it happens, the deluge can come without warning. But why? And what you can do about it?

10 reasons your inbox is full of spam and/or scams

Email spam can range from pesky, unsolicited missives sent in bulk to the downright dangerous and malicious (phishing messages and malware delivered via spam and also known as ‘malspam’). Here’s how you might end up with a sudden influx:

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