Inevitably, it occurs when there are group emails. Is is a BCC or some kind of server based group?
2006-06-19 06:37:04 · 10 answers · asked by ouxin_2006 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
hey - some good answers, but i actually botched my own question. in fact, the issue is that the sender's address is listed in the to box as well. so in outlook, it reads: From - person@yahoo.com and To - person@yahoo.com even though the email comes to my email address (not person@yahoo.com). sorry for the confusion. thanks
2006-06-19 07:11:21 · update #1
It could be "spoofing." Maybe someone wants people to think the emails are coming from you, but more likely they just don't want people to know they're the sender. (And take the advice of the folks who answered before me.)
2006-06-19 06:45:32 · answer #1 · answered by Muddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change your password - Better safe than sorry. I purposely put my own email address as a contact, so If I do get hacked I can see what's being sent to others! And rectify it before it affects anybody else!
2016-03-26 21:41:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the spammers "spoof" your address so that they always have a new address to send from. this helps them bypass the spam filters. it also means that you can end up getting your legitimate emails blocked by other people's filters since your address has been esentially "hijacked" by the spammer.
if you have norton anti-spam, there is a setting under configure/email/myaddresses where you can add your own email to prevent this from re-occuring. good luck.
2006-06-19 06:55:48 · answer #3 · answered by Money Maven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not good man. If you can change you email address, and run a full virus scan. At least run full scan including spywear scan. And change all passwords. After the scan.
2006-06-19 06:53:07 · answer #4 · answered by darlene 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even i hv faced this problem and it indiacates that ,
those mails which come with any mail id instead of name might hv infected by virus specially when we get the msg with our own id as senders id , be alert and make use of antivirus and stay away from such type of mails and if possible do not open it .
2006-06-19 06:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by prasad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have been spoofed. Do not open it, keep your anti-virus program up to date (and run a scan) plus run anti-spyware software as well.
2006-06-19 06:41:34 · answer #6 · answered by smgray99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get them too, sometimes. I don't really know what it is, but I delete them right away.
I don't want to risk opening anything that I don't know what it is!
2006-06-19 06:41:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avoid it like the plague. And"up" your security.
2006-06-19 06:39:12 · answer #8 · answered by Aria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delete them and change your passwords immediately!
2006-06-19 06:48:54 · answer #9 · answered by Jookemgood 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the internets version of "hearing voices in your head"
2006-06-19 06:40:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋