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How comes I have received spam from myself to myself.

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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  • ckerrd
    ckerrd Posts: 2,641 Forumite
    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 Mac
    We all evolve - get on with it
  • Old_Gold
    Old_Gold Posts: 908 Forumite
    Thanks. What is spoofing?
  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,389 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    It's someone faking your email address. If you google the term you'll find out a lot more
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    see the malware removal sticky thread.
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
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