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Author: | ProfessorF [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:40 am ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | My Hotmail account's being spoofed. | |||||||||
Over the last week, I've been getting a lot of 'MAILER_DAEMON' type emails arriving in my inbox. The most recent one looks like this:
After I received the first one, I thought 'Hullo, this is a rum do and no mistake' and changed my password. Yet still they come. And no, I'm not hawking dodgy erectile medicine via spam. Any ideas? |
Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:01 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: My Hotmail account's being spoofed. |
I suggest you send out the penile dysfunction cream otherwise Trading Standards will be after you? ![]() Other than that have you contacted Hotmail about it? Maybe they can help? |
Author: | jonbwfc [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:14 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: My Hotmail account's being spoofed. |
It's 'back scatter'. There's no saying that the messages have been sent form your account. It's very possible that they've been sent from somewhere entirely different but with your email address in the 'from' or 'reply to' fields, so if the receiver's server has an issue with the email it gets bounced back to you rather than the person who actually sent it. Jon |
Author: | big_D [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:54 am ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Re: My Hotmail account's being spoofed. | |||||||||
+1 Spammers often use random addresses, to which they have no access, in the sender and reply to fields. I haven't seen it for a while, but my Hotmail account used to get dozens of them, back around 2001 - 2003. |
Author: | ianfsb [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: My Hotmail account's being spoofed. |
ProfessorF wrote: "After I received the first one, I thought 'Hullo, this is a rum do and no mistake' and changed my password." Gosh, you were REALLY upset then! "And no, I'm not hawking dodgy erectile medicine via spam." You're out of stock already? "Any ideas?" Re-order from that lovely chap in Nigeria? G'day Alex! ![]() |
Author: | davrosG5 [ Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:13 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
Post subject: | Re: My Hotmail account's being spoofed. | ||||||||||||||||||
Same here. I saw this a few years ago. Infuriating yes but probably not something to be concerned about. If they'd managed to access your account it's unlikely you'd have been able to change the password because they'd have done so already to lock you out. |
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