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I was unaware I was sending Viagra and penis enlarging emails the other month to everyone on my email list plus my password and other details had been changed. was getting phone calls of mates asking if I was trying to tell them something I sent my email provider a email and they said I had been hacked and they will shut down the account, and I had to open a new one. It was a pain changing my email on all sites I used that account for but all sorted now.
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My yahoo account was hacked a couple of years back - everyone in my address book was recieving up to a hundred spam mails a day for all the usual 'medical aids' etc , a change of password was all it took to cure it .
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yep its happened to me in the past,,, they need to change there password
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I'm pretty sure in this case mentioned that their account has not been hacked. Its VERY easy to make emails appear to come from any email address you want (if you don't believe me - send me an email and I'll return an email from YOUR address), I use this facility all the time instead of pratting around with different smtp's for my different email addresses.
I did a track on the source of one of the emails mentioned and it originated in Mexico via a known bot isp (cablevision red located in Aguascalientes) and uses gmail to proliferate. The email hasn't originated from an Ntl/Virgin account.
Anybody's email can be spoofed, I've had it happen a few times, you get loads of error reports back from emails you haven't sent. Usually lasts up to 2 weeks before the ISP or smtp account gets blacklisted.
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