Author Topic: Someone is spoofing my email adress (Read 325 times)

TweetyBird · « **on:** February 22, 2005, 11:43:44 PM »

After checking my email, I think someone is spoofing my email address. I recievered an email from myself that I didn't mail then I recieved a notice of returned mail from my isp postmaster with adresses that looked to be a mass mailing incriment alphabeticaly (nothing from my personal adress book).

I don't think its any type of virus as it seems the person doing this has made a few prior atempts with gross errors in the the faked address, one showing the actual path of the message originating in France. Should I be concerned about this?

NUKE · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2005, 11:44:54 PM »

It's Frenchy! Kill him.

TweetyBird · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2005, 11:49:39 PM »

Really - Ilooked on the net and it states doing such a thing isn't ilegal and people can do it without access to your account. I just hope there's a fingerprint on all email that can show for sure its not comming from me. It scares me that my ISP sent me a notice of returned email (but didn't include the original email?)unless that notice was spoofed also

NUKE · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2005, 11:56:55 PM »

Tweety, contact your ISP is all I can say.

Chairboy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2005, 12:10:43 AM »

It happens to me all the time. Don't sweat it. The headers will exonerate you before you even have to say anything, and your ISP will just say 'yeah, ok, thanks' and try to get you off the phone as fast as possible when they figure out what the call is about.

TweetyBird · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2005, 12:16:03 AM »

Thank you much, thats all I was concerned about

Steve · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2005, 04:22:48 AM »

I have the same problem. My ISP didn't really care and said there is nothing anyone can do about it.

takeda · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2005, 05:36:04 AM »

e-mail is dead.
I manage a mail system with about 15K accounts, and I spend most of my time making sure that 60K out of 80K daily incoming mails don't reach their intended destination... nice signal/noise eh?

TweetyBird · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2005, 09:34:07 PM »

>>... nice signal/noise eh?<<

Yea, I know what you mean. I check a my email about every 4 days and at least 90% is spam. With nation wide cell phones, most people just call me.

Drunky · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2005, 11:14:43 PM »

I get those.

From what I understand it's someone spamming and using a different 'from' address and when they send to a bad email address it gets returned to you.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2005, 12:36:20 AM »

Also viruses can pick your address from someone elses computer and mail crap in your name. If the receivers address doesn't exist or they have server side protection that's outdated they'll bounce the mail and send you a notice for mail that you never sent.