Hacked e-mail spam tricked friend

mattyprice4004

If they're blaming you, you're better off without friends that daft.

maninthestreet

Is the email your friend received present in your outbox/sent email folder?

DandelionPatrol

societys_child wrote: »

The email may not have come from your account. It's very easy to make it appear that it has.

email address spoofing

Your friends address book was probably hacked and your email address was grabbed from that.

Whatever happened, it's not your fault, so that's what I'd tell 'em if they're trying to blame you . . .

^^^This

It is particularly insidious because it guarantees to send the spam from a trusted email address. And it deflects the blame onto an entirely innocent person

Scarymary, you are almost certainly not the one who was hacked and it was your friend who was probably entirely responsible for being themselves hacked and for being gullible.