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Is someone "piggybacking" on my email account?
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Jun 8, 2006, 08:08 PM
 
I got this the other day, I'm not sure if it's spam or if someone is using my email account to send spam. I noticed the .eml attachment at the bottom and remember that quite a few viri that target Outlook get passed around that way.

http://i6.tinypic.com/124aqrp.jpg
http://i5.tinypic.com/124arh2.jpg

[PLEASE read our rules and don't post oversize inline images. --tooki]
(Last edited by tooki; Jun 9, 2006 at 12:39 PM. )
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Jun 8, 2006, 08:31 PM
 
Uhmmm... doubt it:

http://subt-16.com/
     
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Jun 8, 2006, 09:33 PM
 
Look at it... earn a BS or an MS in 2 week? Spam.
     
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Jun 8, 2006, 10:12 PM
 
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Jun 9, 2006, 12:40 PM
 
The return addresses on email are no more secure than the ones on snail mail: you can put anything you want as the return address. Spammers put false return addresses so that they don't get the bouncebacks.

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