Spam is an uninvited email or text that does nothing for you and most of the time is from an address you haven't received emails from before. They are most of the time fake emails that are trying to get information from you.

Spam wastes your time because when your email is flooded with spam, you can't find your emails that you need to view. If it's via a text message, it charges you for the text (if you don't have unlimited texting). Spam can also spreads malware so it could harm your computer/phone if you open the message.

~Don't open (AND DEFINITELY DON'T REPLY TO) the emails or messages that you think are spam.

~Have one-use email addresses

~Get a spam filter