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| Thread ID: 39975 | 2003-11-23 22:28:00 | strange emails - spam or what? | tbacon_nz (865) | Press F1 |
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| 194215 | 2003-11-23 22:28:00 | Just recently I have been receiving "Your message could not be delivered" messages from destinations and servers that I know nothing about. Any messages were certainly not sent consciously by me. So, is this a new form of spam, trying to confirm my email address, a virus, or a trojan horse that is sending emails I know nothing about? My anti-virus is up to date, ad-aware doesn't pick up anything, and the Shields UP! website says I am secure. Has anyone else had similar experiences, and has anyone any suggestions? TIA. |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 194216 | 2003-11-23 22:40:00 | > Just recently I have been receiving "Your message > could not be delivered" messages from destinations > and servers that I know nothing about. Any messages > were certainly not sent consciously by me. What happed is that a Spamer has/is faking the "from" header in they Spam e-mail & they have put your e-mail address in there that is why you got that e-mail. I Hope that makes sense & Hope this helps. |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 194217 | 2003-11-23 23:18:00 | So has my email address been chosen deliberately, or is it just one of many random addresses that the spammer is using? And I guess there is nothing I can do about it - just a bunch more messages to go into the spam pile! My current spam count is 1657 spams received since 16 October - aaaaargh! Thanks for the help. |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 194218 | 2003-11-23 23:49:00 | > So has my email address been chosen deliberately, or > is it just one of many random addresses that the > spammer is using? In a nut shell yep |
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| 194219 | 2003-11-24 00:21:00 | yep it's deliberate or yep it's random? | tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 194220 | 2003-11-24 01:11:00 | > yep it's deliberate or yep it's random? yep it's random as far as I am aware |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 194221 | 2003-11-24 01:12:00 | Your e-mail has been deliberately harvested at some stage, and randomly used at another stage. | godfather (25) | ||
| 194222 | 2003-11-24 02:01:00 | I hoppe you have a good anti-virus program. That message will turn up after a while with a virus. I would suggest you just delete it without even opening it. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 194223 | 2003-11-24 02:02:00 | I hoppe you have a good anti-virus program. That message will turn up after a while with a virus. I would suggest you just delete it without even opening it. Jack |
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| 194224 | 2003-11-24 04:14:00 | I use Norton Anti-Virus, and it is always up-to-date . I opened a couple of them when they first started arriving, but now it's straight to the spam folder . Thanks everyone for the info - I'd suspected that what you've all said was indeed the case, but it is always nice to get it confirmed by experts! Cheers . |
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