Here are the three most probable reasons you got a spam email from a random dating site you never visited or signed up for: Spammers bought a mailing list that contained your email address. Another company shared your data to an affiliate company. Theres been a user data leak.

Will Spam emails eventually stop?

Since sending spam is so easy, many scammers will never stop using it, even if it often doesnt work. Still, if you take the right precautions, you can trim your incoming spam emails to a manageable amount.