Wez Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Hey All, Some of you may have got some spam from my hotmail account, just letting people know that they shouldn't open it. Very strange as none of the emails are in my sent items so it looks like my contact list has somehow been used and my email address spoofed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 So, if you can't see any messages listed as sent, how do you know you've sent them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 So, if you can't see any messages listed as sent, how do you know you've sent them? Cause some of my contacts are old and the emails bounced back as none deliverable, some have responded saying I sent them rubbish, others text me to say I needed to check my email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraP-Z Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Most probably because the people that got sent the spam messages told Wez about him sending spam to them? But he didnt actually send them...hence it being spam? just a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Its a common prob when searching the net to see how its happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 My bet is a mutual friend has picked up a virus that spoofed as you and mailed a bunch of people you both know, hense everyone thinks it's you. Mail spoofing is so easy it's not even funny. Only way to work it out is from the original email headers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 My bet is a mutual friend has picked up a virus that spoofed as you and mailed a bunch of people you both know, hense everyone thinks it's you. Mail spoofing is so easy it's not even funny. Only way to work it out is from the original email headers. The email originated from 109.182.42.139 which is a DSL address in Slovenia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 MalWareBytes found a rogue security suite on a PC I was using yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 HA, kinda new something was up with this. Got deleted right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I had this mate with hotmail. keept on sending emails to all my contacts but they all came back as none deliverable. Hotmail closed my accound after a few days saying that it had been hacked into. I had to follow the intructions to reopen it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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