This is known as address spoofing.<div>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.</div><div>If you look at full message headers, you can trace where the message originated, but your email address was probably used</div>
<div>in the "from:" header.</div><div>Best bet is just to ignore it - save yourself a lot of stress.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Jon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 2:51 PM, nk <<a href="mailto:netkat@comcast.net">netkat@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Maybe just new to me...<br>
<br>
I just got a piece of spam with the subject line: "RE: You can be 18<br>
again!"<br>
<br>
OK, nothin' new there..spammers have been using the "RE:" trick for<br>
awhile.<br>
<br>
but the from address? one of MY addresses! Plus, they even used the<br>
little pic/icon I've used!!<br>
<br>
is this just a step in the ever-changing evolution of spam technique,<br>
or do I need to be concerned that somebody has basically hi-jacked my<br>
email address?<br>
<br>
n<br></blockquote></div></div>