Unsolicited electronic messages sent for marketing purposes are called______.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is spam.

Key Points

Any unwanted, uninvited digital communication transmitted in bulk is referred to as spam.
Spam is frequently transmitted by email.
But it can also be sent through social media, text messages, and phone calls.
Cybercriminals send phishing emails to a large number of recipients in an effort to "hook" a select few recipients.
Phishing emails con people into disclosing private data like credit card numbers or website logins.

Additional Information

Virus:
- A computer virus is a form of malware that accompanies another program and has the ability to multiply and propagate once it has been run on a machine.
Unzip:
- Extraction of the files from a single-file zip archive or other comparable file archive is known as unzipping.
URL:
- URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator.
- A URL is nothing more than the Web address of a specific, particular resource.