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How comes I have received spam from myself to myself.
Old_Gold
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Amongst my spam today came an email from my own address to my own address. How is this possible and if it is how unsafe does it make the whole thing?
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could be you have something nasty that has got into your contacts, and emailed lots of people. Have you run all the usual cleaners.
And yes I have had it happen to me.
Edit - beat me to it Al MacWe all evolve - get on with it0 -
Thanks. What is spoofing?0
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It's someone faking your email address. If you google the term you'll find out a lot more0
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see the malware removal sticky thread.Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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