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maggiemay
Adamu's soulmate
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 337
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:24 pm |
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Over the past couple of weeks I have been receiving large numbers of emails in one of my gmail accounts from the sender "me"
In almost all cases they say you may have trouble viewing this.... and then direct me to a link - I havent opened any only deleted them but am curious as to how/why I am receiving mail from "me" and any advice on how to prevent this would be welcome - I am getting about 10 a day.
Thanks
Maggie |
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Yastreb
Common Street Thawth Vergabon
Joined: 04 Apr 2006
Posts: 17388
Location: Leading my wolf pack
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:32 pm |
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I've noticed that too - emails from "me" (and with my email address) are turning up in my spam folder. IIRC someone here told me I might be getting spoofed. |
_________________ Son of a bitch!!! Your dead!!! Everything about your stinking poor life is dead!!! Get off my way you son of a bitch mother ....a man without father bastard....your dead Ok
May you never se the end of the year, May you sick and die in JESUS NAME AMEN.
MARK MY WORD, YOU SHALL FALL SICK, IF YOU DONT PLEASE WITH ME, YOU SHALL DIE OF THE SICKNESS, THIS IS MY FINAL WORD TO YOU
I HAVE PLACED YOU UNDER MY ORACLE GODS,
YOU SHALL CRY AND BEG FOR FORGIVENESS OR YOU DIE
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bill2
Baiting Guru
Joined: 10 Sep 2006
Posts: 5495
Location: Yeah who can tell me where I am?
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:35 pm |
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I get them too, in my spam folder-- straight to delete
Edit: mine come from 189.107.30.159 Brazil (Belo Horizonte) |
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maggiemay
Adamu's soulmate
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 337
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:35 pm |
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Yastreb/Bill2
Do I need to be concerned or should I just carry on deleting and not worry?
Cheers
Maggie |
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bill2
Baiting Guru
Joined: 10 Sep 2006
Posts: 5495
Location: Yeah who can tell me where I am?
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:44 pm |
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That's what I do |
_________________ I don't do bling, I just do lads |
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thud419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 3193
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:02 am |
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There's nothing for you to do, whether there is something to worry about or not. The options are:
A phisher spoofing you
A phisher sending out all his mails from the same person they're to
A virus doing either of the above.
If it's the phisher spoofing then they'll dry up eventually. Look on it as a private shuttle service getting your address to more lads. If it's a virus then the traffic might become too heavy to cope with.
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A SKYHOOK
419Eater is my life
Joined: 20 Sep 2008
Posts: 405
Location: the land of oz
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:37 am |
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i have found one to and this one says its got golden eggs for me
but im more interested in the goose that laid it
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Country Marina, Lagos, Nigeria
Comments Contains recon area. Asonnet ATL Via UK Parent (83.229.0.0 - 83.229.20.255)
Abuse Email [email protected] |
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We are expecting you to feed us with the necessary payment details This is prof.Sloudo the excutive Governor Of Central Bank Of Nigeria.
Last edited SUN/8/2010 by one of the skyhooks The pointed eared fairy, aka "Yasterb" is much nicer looking now since the operation thats her in her new avatar the one on the left with the wax "dummy" of the old elfie |
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Gothic
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 13 Jul 2007
Posts: 8
Location: From Hell
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:45 am |
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I had one of those as well last week.
Just to be on the safe side I changed my password and secret question (which was a bit too obvious, frankly) |
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A SKYHOOK
419Eater is my life
Joined: 20 Sep 2008
Posts: 405
Location: the land of oz
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:18 am |
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Gothic wrote: |
Just to be on the safe side I changed my password and secret question) |
strange you say that about a week or 2 ago i had trouble signing in and even changeing my pass word lotta may remember i think i asked here for help and eventualy got to change it but it was strange at the time
but it was before i ever went in to and opened spam folders |
_________________ before i can walk i must crawl and a skyhook will help lift me up were i want to be . i no iv got one in the shed some were hang on ill be back as soon as i find it
We are expecting you to feed us with the necessary payment details This is prof.Sloudo the excutive Governor Of Central Bank Of Nigeria.
Last edited SUN/8/2010 by one of the skyhooks The pointed eared fairy, aka "Yasterb" is much nicer looking now since the operation thats her in her new avatar the one on the left with the wax "dummy" of the old elfie |
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N N N
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 26 Sep 2008
Posts: 689
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:08 pm |
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I get them by the ton into my spam folder ... they go straight into the bin, don't open them and never go to the link given! |
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Breddan Butter
Retired Moderator
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Posts: 4170
Location: Soligorsk, Belarus
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:10 am |
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Poop!.
If you have ever used your own identity or email address on the internet then you can be reasonably sure that someone will send spam or a phishing email to it.
Similarly, although my only published email address is [email protected] I receive all sorts of messages addressed to breddanbutwhatever @zongmail.com.
Shit happens.
Ignore it and move on. |
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embalmer
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 03 Jan 2009
Posts: 64
Location: Where are you again? Oh, I'm only 200 miles away, just over the border!
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:00 am |
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I think it's just they just put "me" as the name of the user when they set up the account. You can put anything you want there. |
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Gothic
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 13 Jul 2007
Posts: 8
Location: From Hell
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:49 am |
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Yeah, I know, but the mail I received did look like it came from my own address. That's what's scary.
I get those "me" mails in my spam box by the truckload, that's not exactly worrying me. |
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maggiemay
Adamu's soulmate
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 337
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:43 pm |
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Thank you for all the replies - I am reassured and will continue to delete - by the truck load and increasing daily |
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Dutch
Baiting Guru
Joined: 22 Nov 2007
Posts: 4204
Location: Dislocated
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:42 pm |
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I get them all the time too, and so do my friends. Probably spoofed, using a script that fills the from: field the same as the to: address. Has nothing to do with hijacked email accounts. |
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weareborg
Elite Baiter
Joined: 07 Sep 2008
Posts: 1112
Location: out there in the wide blue yonder
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:23 am |
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You could reply and ask him what he want's |
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pwwbear
419Eater is my life
Joined: 26 Jan 2006
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Location: Out of my mind. Back in 5 minutes.
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:11 pm |
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I have noticed an increasingly large number of them as well. Royal pain in the backside. |
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