[X4U] "New" spam technique

[Jon Kreisler]

This is known as address spoofing.It is nothing new and unfortunately there
is not too much you can do about it, especially if the spammer is in a
foreign country.
If you look at full message headers, you can trace where the message
originated, but your email address was probably used
in the "from:" header.
Best bet is just to ignore it - save yourself a lot of stress.

Regards,
Jon

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 2:51 PM, nk <netkat at comcast.net> wrote:

> Maybe just new to me...
>
> I just got a piece of spam with the subject line:  "RE: You can be 18
> again!"
>
> OK, nothin'  new there..spammers have been using the "RE:" trick for
> awhile.
>
> but the from address?  one of MY addresses! Plus, they even used the
> little pic/icon I've used!!
>
> is this just a step in the ever-changing evolution of spam technique,
> or do I need to be concerned that somebody has basically hi-jacked my
> email address?
>
> n
>
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