Getting email you didn’t sign up for? Don’t unsubscribe—it might be a scam

Unwanted email is a daily part of life. How you deal with it could put you at risk, though. Handling it the “right” way by clicking on an unsubscribe link or button could actually send you to a phishing or otherwise dangerous site.

The reason: For years, the advice was to unsubscribe from email lists—even those you hadn’t signed up for. The thought was that your data got sold to a legitimate business, so they would heed the requests to get off their mailing lists.

But more commonly now...