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an email from my own email address

Asked by John Kelly

Hi,
opening Thunderbird to check emails this morning I got an email from my own email address.... as you can imagine I don t wish to open the enclosed link!?
Can anyone explain how this can be so!?
thanks
John

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Maybe you emailed it from the web interface to yourself....

Your email provider will hopefully have heckd it for viruses etc and Linux is quite immune to viruses too. If there is a hyperlink in the mail you are concerned about then post it here and we can use net tools to check it out for you

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John Kelly (lioganach) said : 		#2

Hi actionparsnip
this the link within the email ..please check it out
thank you
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vyiqcglwfl/message

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

It's literally a viagra ad

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John Kelly (lioganach) said : 		#4

On 21/08/10 16:38, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #122121 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/122121
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> It's literally a viagra ad
>
>
 Hi actionparsnip,
so you can tell from net tools that there was no danger in the link but
how did it come from my email address!?
In Mozilla Firefox I have addon add this and when I find interesting
stories I send them via "add this" to my brothers and I use that email
address on sending.
Regards
John

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

weird, i just opened the link on my work PC (XP based) and thats all I saw

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John Kelly (lioganach) said : 		#6

thanks for help
John

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#7

This is a very commn practice with email spammers to use your email account name to send spam to you. They break into email servers, such as hotmail or gmail, and retrieve email addresses which they use to send spam. It more likely you'd open an email from someone you know than from someone you don't.

Information on the internet is not safe/secure.

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#8

This is a very commn practice with email spammers to use your email account name to send spam to you. They break into email servers, such as hotmail or gmail, and retrieve email addresses which they use to send spam. It more likely you'd open an email from someone you know than from someone you don't.

Information on the internet is not safe/secure.

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John Kelly (lioganach) said : 		#9

On 21/08/10 22:20, marcus aurelius wrote:
> Your question #122121 on thunderbird in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+question/122121
>
> marcus aurelius posted a new comment:
> This is a very commn practice with email spammers to use your email
> account name to send spam to you. They break into email servers, such as
> hotmail or gmail, and retrieve email addresses which they use to send
> spam. It more likely you'd open an email from someone you know than from
> someone you don't.
>
> Information on the internet is not safe/secure.
>
>
 Hail Caesar..... sorry Marcus.... thanks for your help. I mistakingly
thought that my password was compromised but thanks to you I know its not!
thanks again
John