how did they get my email?
A normal day at work. You open your computer and check your e-mail. Surprise.. your e-mail account is full with spam messages some of them in bulk/junk folder and some of them in your inbox. You perhaps erase those from bulk/junk, but you have a look at those that are in inbox. After you see that all are crap and ordinary scams to get your money and your identity you erase them also. Next day the same thing happens.