How annoying is it when you get a follower on Twitter and you check out their page and they are a dodgey spammer. Top Tip: next time you suspect a Twitter user is a spammer, tweet their handle to @spam – Twitter’s spam watcher. It checks out the account and removes it if is just another spammer.

By responding to spam email you only confirm that your email address is active - no no no not good!

Another thing you shouldn’t do is click the “remove me” link in the message. Links in email can point to an IP address other than the one you think it references.

The best thing you can do is delete the message. Many free email service providers will allow you to easily report it as spam if you received it through MSN hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL or GMail.