Spam account
Alternatively called a garbage account or trash account, a spam account refers to a secondary e-mail account created to receive mass-marketing messages and other junk mail. A spam account protects a user's primary account from untrustworthy third parties and serves as a location to receive newsletters, advertisements, and promotions without cluttering your inbox.
For example, when signing up for a service, it may require verification via e-mail. You may not want to use your primary e-mail address to sign up because the service might send you bulk e-mail that will clutter your inbox. If you have a spam account, you can provide that address for the required verification. This way, the verification e-mail will be sent to your spam account, and future e-mails from that company can be ignored.
"Spam account" is also a phrase used on social networking apps like Instagram and Facebook. While some users may label their alternate, more personal accounts as "spam accounts" or "private accounts," they're often called finsta accounts, for which we have a separate page.
How do you create a spam account?
A spam account can be created on any popular e-mail service, including Gmail, Yahoo!, or Outlook. Since this account won't converse with contacts, you can create a unique username with numbers and characters that would be too hard to remember for a personal or professional e-mail address.