The subject of the message from "me" (which I didn't send) was "445." The message was "5556." That's it. I checked my sent mail, and the message was there, so this was somehow done using my account. And when I responded, it went right back to me, so it was clearly my address.
I attempted to duplicate the message by sending a new one to myself, but there were differences. In the original message, the From line was my user name. But in the message I wrote, the From line was my real full name.
Another difference: the original message (which I didn't write) went through more servers than the one I wrote. An excerpt:
"Received: from grnavata.com (pool-138-88-106-95.res.east.verizon.net [138.88.106.95])
by mx.gmail.com with SMTP id 25si305004wra.2006.06.06.10.54.29;
Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: neutral (gmail.com: 138.88.106.95 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of [myemail]@gmail.com)"
But nothing else was disturbed. Prank? Hack? Virus? Spam?
2006-06-06 14:08:55 · 10 answers · asked by notsanpaku 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Keep in mind that the message wasn't just in my inbox. It was in my sent folder too.
2006-06-06 14:23:59 · update #1
Someone "spoofed" your email address to the inbound gmail server. It's not really a big deal, they just used the
HELO yourname@gmail.com and managed to push the message through the spam filters that way. The good news is that this is not a security flaw, just a spam attempt. The bad news is that yes, you or anyone else can send a message that appears to be from your email address or anyone elses email address if they know enough about sendmail protocol.
2006-06-06 14:13:36 · answer #1 · answered by greeneyedprincess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original message sent to you was not necessarily from you. The sending alias can be disguised as "me" for spam sent to Gmail, which recognizes "me" as yourself. The first message was quite likely spam.
2006-06-06 14:13:22 · answer #2 · answered by Lapper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you have a virus - does it show it was sent to everyone on your address book - f so you definatly got hit by a self sending virus!!
2006-06-06 14:12:48 · answer #3 · answered by Shopaholic Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
report it to your E-Mail service and change your password ,or if the account isn't importain close the e-mail account and get a diffrent ,one run anti-virus scans on your pc
2006-06-06 14:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by joegossum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe it was a prank. or a virus. maybe someone used your email and sended a message to you i think.
2006-06-06 14:16:46 · answer #5 · answered by nikiudel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow you got me, maybe your phone company is rorting you for more money, I'd ask them with the paper work in your hands.
2006-06-06 14:13:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i say.. i dont know but if i were to guess it would be some one pranking u or there really is a virus...
2006-06-06 14:12:49 · answer #7 · answered by Draculiny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's weird. I really don't know, but I would definitely change your password. maybe someone is messing with you.
2006-06-06 14:13:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a hacker....
2006-06-06 14:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
666day.u no wat that means...
2006-06-06 14:11:48 · answer #10 · answered by nds 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋