Mystery email

halloweenqueen_2

Hi
I received an email which apparently i sent myself - has my email address on,only I didn't send it and wasn't online at the time, it was a bit weird, any ideas?

Bob63

Email headers are really easily faked by spammers or viruses/worms. This is probably what has happened. Just delete the mail.

Mike

wigginsmum

Don't know what this is, but I get the same from time to time. I just delete them.

cwoodham

Spammers have picked up your email address perhaps from a website you have with your email address on it or perhaps its been passed on by someone you contacted. The spammers are now sending you emails using your email address in the 'FROM' field of their spam emails to disguise their identity.

The next thing is they email other people again using your email address in the FROM field of their emails. Many people will 'bounce' the spam emails mistakenly thinking its going back to the spammer but because your email is in the 'FROM' field they will come back to you.

I get 40-50 of these a day at the moment.

I would recommend a spam filter like Mailwasher (version 1.33 is free, search for it) to delete them on the server or filter them out with your email client. Alternatively if it gets too bad, drop that email address and get a new one.

Quincy_3

Also try Coffee Cup Spam Blocker its better than mail washer according to reviews.

halloweenqueen_2

Someone I get emails from has just changed his email address as he said spammers were using it, so perhaps theres a link there. thanks for your help. I can't keep the notifivation box ticked on the threads here and I'm not getting any reply from the technical person any ideas anyone?!

halloweenqueen_2

Could this be the reason I got kicked off loads of things because of my mail bouncing?