Guest guest Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 the level these people stoop to, is beyond me! K barb1283 <barb1283@...> wrote: Has anyone here ever gotten spam mail that says it is from *your own* email address. I opened my spam folder and found mail I didn't write but it says it's from me...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Hi Barb, It happened recently, to me. So, I emailed the info to the customer service department, and I never got a reply back from them. I asked them " how is this possible " , since, if I TRIED to open another email account, with the exact same name, I would see a screen saying " that name is already taken " , and they would supply suggested alternate versions for the new email account. I got no reply to this inquiry, and I've only received ONE email reply, from their customer service,to many complaints, about other matters, over the years. But, for $20 a year, I get to store over 11,000 UNREAD emails on their server, so I'm not complaining. Joe ............................................ > > Has anyone here ever gotten spam mail that says it is from *your own* > email address. I opened my spam folder and found mail I didn't write > but it says it's from me...? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 It's actually happened before but just wondered if it had happened to anyone else. It seesm especially weird, given you use your own name as address. > > Hi Barb, > It happened recently, to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Joe, Like you I put out the 20 bucks and since I have had very little spam and it has been dwindled to next to none since with more options. The only waste is that while I can send 20m of info, no one can recieve that much so I cannot use that feture. Otherwise I am happy as well. Chris... Atheism is a non-prophet organization. Hi Barb, It happened recently, to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 By the way Barb. Yes it has happened. As you know I used to have numerous issues with my computer (knock on wood) The first thing to do is change your password. The only way that is able to happen is for someone to be in your account and send it to yourself. You can do it yourself and you will see what I mean. If you have entered your correct personal information when you signed up for it is a breeze to hack in. BUT, if someone does you will know it unless they know your password and can reset it to the same one. Never the less change your password and that should take care of it. You shopuld actually do this on a regular basis anyway really. I use a finger print sensor. You can get them for under 35 dollars but it is a godsend. Just a suggestion. Chris... Atheism is a non-prophet organization. It's actually happened before but just wondered if it had happened to anyone else. It seesm especially weird, given you use your own name as address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 From - http://tech./blogs/null/58666 What you see in the " From " field on an email has little bearing on where it was actually sent from. Why? It's one of the easiest things to forge in the book. >> one common trick is to simply forge the email of the recipient as the sender as well, which is what you're seeing. So you@... receives email sent from you@..., or so it seems. Again, the idea is that you might trick a few people into thinking they actually emailed themselves. Of course, it's all a fiction. That doesn't mean that spam never comes from the address in the From field or that legitimate email accounts can't be hijacked for evil ends. They can. But compared to spoofing, both are fairly rare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 This is good to know. I'm not concerned about spam email that says it is from me coming into my own mailbox because I can tell it's spam, since I didn't send it out. My concern is that email I really do send out will end up in people's spam folder because will identify it as spam, as people who receive it in their spam folders, click on the link, 'report as spam'. Anyhoo...I will just put up with it for now, tax time and other high priority things to do! > > From - > http://tech./blogs/null/58666 > > What you see in the " From " field on an email has little bearing on > where it was actually sent from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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