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Ok, I have been receiving spam from my gmail account to my gmail account. The subject is also rising incrementally from day to day, eg October 73% off one day and October 74% off the next.
Now I know JJ mentioned recently that you can make an email appear to come from anybody, so is that what has happened here? As otherwise the only possibility is that someone has hacked my account.
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<div class='signature'> I'm not addicted to porn, I'm addicted to masturbation. Porn is just an enabler.
<img src='http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ma ... Threat.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
There are plenty more fish in the sea, get your tackle out and see what bites.
Divers go deeper and stay down for longer.
Now I know JJ mentioned recently that you can make an email appear to come from anybody, so is that what has happened here? As otherwise the only possibility is that someone has hacked my account.
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<div class='signature'> I'm not addicted to porn, I'm addicted to masturbation. Porn is just an enabler.
<img src='http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ma ... Threat.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
There are plenty more fish in the sea, get your tackle out and see what bites.
Divers go deeper and stay down for longer.
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either that or you have malware on your machine. Run the usual checks, but also:
click "show original" off the drop-list next to the reply option
you'll now see the email header. I will look a bit like this snipit from one of my spams:
What you're looking for is the last IP address before the start of the message. In this case, it is "DISKDEPOT.titaninternet.co.uk ([85.232.39.109])" and this is where the email started.
Look up the IP address on DNSstuff. If it's your IP address, then you have a problem! If it's somewhere in Russia, then theres nothing you can do.
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<div class='signature'> <img src='http://myanimelist.net/signature/JJW009.png' border='0' alt='user posted image'> ??? <img src='http://imagegen.last.fm/LastfmMyspace/oartists/5/JJW009.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
click "show original" off the drop-list next to the reply option
you'll now see the email header. I will look a bit like this snipit from one of my spams:
Received: from smtp.titaninternet.co.uk (EHLO smtp.titaninternet.co.uk) (217.77.176.18)
by iris1.directnic.com (iris/0.185) with ESMTP
for <[email protected]> (rule 908753); 2 Nov 2007 17:19:42 +0000
Return-Path: [email protected]
Received: from DISKDEPOT.titaninternet.co.uk ([85.232.39.109])
by smtp.titaninternet.co.uk (Merak 7.5.2) with ASMTP id GNL39351
for <[email protected]>; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:19:32 -0000
Subject: Remember, remember... Disk Depot could save you pounds!
Sender: "Disk Depot" <[email protected]>
From: "Disk Depot" <[email protected]>
Received-SPF: none (smtp.titaninternet.co.uk: domain of [email protected] does not designate permitted sender hosts)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 17:19:34 GMT
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
X-Priority: 3
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: JMail 4.5 by Dimac
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----xxxxxx"
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What you're looking for is the last IP address before the start of the message. In this case, it is "DISKDEPOT.titaninternet.co.uk ([85.232.39.109])" and this is where the email started.
Look up the IP address on DNSstuff. If it's your IP address, then you have a problem! If it's somewhere in Russia, then theres nothing you can do.
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<div class='signature'> <img src='http://myanimelist.net/signature/JJW009.png' border='0' alt='user posted image'> ??? <img src='http://imagegen.last.fm/LastfmMyspace/oartists/5/JJW009.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
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It originates from Amsterdam. <!--emo&:rolleyes:--><img src='http://i2.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<div class='signature'> I'm not addicted to porn, I'm addicted to masturbation. Porn is just an enabler.
<img src='http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ma ... Threat.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
There are plenty more fish in the sea, get your tackle out and see what bites.
Divers go deeper and stay down for longer.
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<div class='signature'> I'm not addicted to porn, I'm addicted to masturbation. Porn is just an enabler.
<img src='http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ma ... Threat.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
There are plenty more fish in the sea, get your tackle out and see what bites.
Divers go deeper and stay down for longer.
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Yep, rather than make up stupid names as the From field the cheap-skates are using the To field. I usually have a laugh at the made up names - seeing my own would be boring <!--emo&B)--><img src='http://i2.ifrm.com/html/emoticons/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<div class='signature'> The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money. (Ben Franklin)
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<div class='signature'> The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money. (Ben Franklin)
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Some of the subject titles for these messages are hilarious.
Beat her womb with your new big rod.
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<div class='signature'> I'm not addicted to porn, I'm addicted to masturbation. Porn is just an enabler.
<img src='http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ma ... Threat.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
There are plenty more fish in the sea, get your tackle out and see what bites.
Divers go deeper and stay down for longer.
Beat her womb with your new big rod.
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<div class='signature'> I'm not addicted to porn, I'm addicted to masturbation. Porn is just an enabler.
<img src='http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ma ... Threat.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
There are plenty more fish in the sea, get your tackle out and see what bites.
Divers go deeper and stay down for longer.