where's all these spam letters coming from

Northern Mariana Islands
January 4, 2008 2:00am CST
since opening my gmail account a few months ago,I've received 2,500 spam emails and still counting some of these are scam letters,special offer and multilevel marketing.I don't know if this a scourge or a blessing to my account,but I soon realized the internet is a vast network of diverse interest and marketing network and my email account has become a part of it i just need to scrutinized the legitimacy of these emails,but being new here in the net made me wonder how can I protect myself from these offers,how these things happen I never remember myself subscribing to any offer?
1 response
@chunter (1759)
• Singapore
4 Jan 08
If you have given away this gmail address while registering on some sites or others, the address will find its way to these spammers etc... I always receive a lot of spam too everyday.....