When I was still new to internet stuffs, I shared my email address on
blogs, forums, social sites and etc. later I just noticed I started
receiving dozens of emails daily claiming I’ve won millions of dollars from
Shell, Microsoft, Yahoo and so on. Then, I wondered how this people get
hold of my email address to send this scam messages to me but a friend of
mine told me there are some useless people online that use various means to
scrap email addresses online.
Today, I want to share how was able to make my email address tobe free
from scams and spam by adopting a security measure to safeguard my email
address online whenever I shared it. Below were the measures I took to
safeguard my email whenever I share it online.

1. Temporary/Disposable Mails:
At times you might want to get asome free packages online such as
software, eBooks, etc. and the blog or website administrator demands for
your email for them to send the link to you, what you have to do is just
get a temporary email address online. Temporary emails are freeand no
registration is required, there are thousands of sites to get a temporary
email on the internet, but my favorite is www.10minutemail.com After 10
minutes the email address you generate from www.10minutemail.com will be
disposed off. You can also use http://spambox.us/ to generate email address
that you could use for a year.

2. Use (at) Sign:
Whenever you want to share your email address with friends on social
networking sites or forums, or via blog comment, put (at) instead of @
sign. For instance, if I want to mark@facebook.com I will write it as
mark(at)facebook.com.

3. Convert Your Email Address to Image:
You can mask your email address by turning it to an image. Below is an
example:
To convert your email address to image, go to www.emailcover.com
With the three steps analyzed above, you should be able to share your email
address online securely.