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Old 06-25-09, 18:59
JeremyWJ JeremyWJ is offline
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Originally Posted by Jenny Walker View Post
Hey guys, I need your advice on this. I've noticed when checking my mailbox that I've gotten several spam emails that appear to have been sent from my account. They seem to have been sent from my email address, but the weird thing is that they are addressed from "me" instead of using my name, which is what normally shows when I send an email to myself. Has someone been using my email account to send spam?
Anyone can write a simple script to send email that appears to come from anyone's address they wish. Its called spoofing as one user mentioned earlier.

Follow their suggestions they have already made but understand that this does not mean your account has been hacked.
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