Here are some tips to prevent scammers using spam emails and texts from tricking you into giving up sensitive information, such as passwords, bank account numbers and Social Security numbers.

If you’ve ever used a fake name when signing up for a new service online as a way to protect yourself, that doesn’t really prevent companies from tracking you. Using an alternative or fake email address is an easy and more effective way, according to Consumer Reports.

If youre a person who receives lots of email newsletters, or even just lots of email in general, journalist Ann Friedman offered this advice: Sometimes you have to give yourself permission to do a bulk-delete. She writes her own newsletter and receives many more. I think everybodys inbox is (like) their home, Friedman told The Best Advice Show host Zak Rosen. And I can choose to opt in or not that week, Friedman said. Friedman tries to treat her inbox as an extension of her priorities elsewhere -- the show will tell you exactly what that means.