Text of messages is in Russian. The e-mail address is, unfortunately, on display on a website (out of my control) and thus easily harvested for spamming - but now it appears someone somewhere (Russia?) is sending e-mails using (how?) this e-mail address.
2007-03-05 20:49:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Some one is using your email address to send spoofed emails
2007-03-05 20:53:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is more than likely spam like others have said here. If you want to find out exactly where it is coming from, and whether it is genuine, you need to expand the header on the email. This can be done by going to options in your email box. When you have expanded the header you will see the IP address from which it has been sent. IP addresses can be looked up in Google search, by just tapping the number that appears from the sender when the email is expanded. When you have the name of the internet provider from your search, you can then report the person for spamming by sending an email to abuse @ whatever IP
Internet service providers will not tolerate spammers.
2007-03-05 21:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First lets get one thing clear. It does NOT mean someone is sending mails from your address.
The spammers are inserting your address as a "reply to" address in the spam they are sending - the reply to address is usually not visible to a mail receipient. When the spam is sent to a non-existent recipient (very common since spammers generate list of random email addresses), the non-delivery report will get sent to the "reply to" address - ie your address.
The bad news - there is very little you can do about it other than just keep deleting them
2007-03-05 22:50:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily - most of these messages are fakes. They are NOT returned messages at all but original messages sent out to millions of email addresses generated by a computer, just to see how many are genuine addresses. DO NOT reply to them or you can guarantee you'll get even more. You need a good anti-spam program that will stop them. Yahoo has anti-spam filters so use your YAHOO acct and whenever you get a spam email like these just mark it as SPAM. Most (99%) won't get past YAHOO's SPAM FILTER anyway.
2007-03-05 20:55:43 · answer #4 · answered by Traveller 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have 2 e-mail addresses, one private, and the one thats been published as a public address. That one is going to be flooded with spam so you'll need to set up good anti spam filters.
http://www.mailwasher.net/
2007-03-05 21:01:49 · answer #5 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
Someone is sending out emails from your email address! if you check the beginning of the email address it will be slightly differnet from your own.
ie
smith@johnsmith.com
smiths@johnsmith.com
When this is done you will recieve all returned mails as this is your true email address and not theirs. You can place any word before the @ symbol as long as the rest of the address is the same as yours.
I have the same problem as you and as far as im aware you can put something on your site which will hide your address from the bots that harvest them
2007-03-05 20:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of us get that sort of e mail. Suggest delete by 'spam' button because you will find that 'return' will not work.
I believe the way this starts is when you look at certain websites and something like a 'hacking' takes place. I'm not a computer buff but this is from one who is. Good Luck.
2007-03-05 20:53:53 · answer #7 · answered by MANCHESTER UK 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is spam.
Stop it at the Desktop and delete from server itself without downloading the message.
Just see the sender's name and subject and delete.
You can compose and send email without opening Yahoomail/hotmail etc.
ePrompter from www.ePrompter.com
After trying all sorts of Antispam programs, which cannot stop spam if the receipent's address is different. I am happy with this program.
2007-03-05 22:56:44 · answer #8 · answered by essbebe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They might not be sending emails from your address, but the spammers have hidden the real return path for the emails and put your address in instead.
Don't rely on email as it is not secure. Inbound/outbound; authenticate or not to authenticate; every ISP has different rules; really .com but .net will work anyway.
It can probably be fixed or reported but don't be surprised with email protocol allowing this.
2007-03-05 20:56:36 · answer #9 · answered by neat09 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a new e-mail account
2007-03-05 20:57:39 · answer #10 · answered by LivTyler 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋