Strange - Me Spamming Me!?

bradc

Strange but here goes. I received a spam message sent from my own email address which arrived into my inbox. I know that spammers can do this but what worries me is this spam email is in my outbox!?

Perhaps someone hacked my account but having looked at the last IPs to access all have been my own (I use gmail).

Any ideas? I have changed my password but I am still worried.

PC should be clean of any virus.

Thanks

diable

Are you using Outlook?

TerryTibbs_3

Could you be "Sleep spamming"??

motorguy

TerryTibbs wrote: »

Could you be "Sleep spamming"??

Yes - i was thinking that too!

To the O/P - set up a complex series of video camera throughout your upstairs, in case you're doing this in your sleep.

Money_Grabber13579

You're not the only one that strange e-mails happen too! I get e-mails (SPAM) that don't even have my e-mail address on them! i.e. they don't seem to be sent to me, but I get them anyway!

Quasar

I get a few spam emails from my on email address. I just delete them.

JemJam

I always get them but they're never really "from" me (obviously lol), i just delete them cos i know it's only lil ol' me trying to sell myself a nice 'real' rolex or hundreds of blue pills for little $$$(!)

ppfftt i hate spamity spam.

bradc

Well it certainly is not me sending these "work from home" spam emails!
Does anyone know how it appears it my sentbox as well?
I am using googlemail.
Thanks

Quasar

bradc wrote: »

Well it certainly is not me sending these "work from home" spam emails!
Does anyone know how it appears it my sentbox as well?
I am using googlemail.
Thanks

Spamming sites use people's email addresses to send their stuff around the world by proxy (that's what it's called I think). Once their programs get hold of an email address they will use in this way. Sooner or later most addresses get into this system.

kwikbreaks

bradc wrote: »

Does anyone know how it appears it my sentbox as well?
I am using googlemail.

It's a gmail bug/feature. I have several email addresses which I consolidate in gmail so I just sent myself a joke from a website to one of those emails supposedly from my gmail address and it shows up in my outbox too.