Just received an email from myself

Relentless81 · 21 May 2012 at 15:23

And apparently I'm a sexy lady in Russia who wants me to click a link

I cant figure out how they got in, my account is secure with a complex password and secret questions I barely know the answer to, and I have notifications set for changes to the account, could it be they're using my address as an alias only?

Theres nothing in the sent items either :confused:

Burnsy2023 · 21 May 2012 at 15:28

They've probably just spoofed the sender address.

ThundyCat · 21 May 2012 at 15:32

Just don't click the link, and mark the email as junk.

MuttsNutts · 21 May 2012 at 15:32

Spoofed Mate anyone can do it without going near your PC.

Hatter The Mad · 21 May 2012 at 15:34

PHP:

<?php

mail('[email protected]', 'Hello from yourself', 'A trick!', 'From: [email protected]');

?>

estebanrey · 21 May 2012 at 15:34

Probably spoofed your address. I've got a little app I wrote at work that allows me to send and e-mail from our network that 'appears' to come from any name or address I choose.

I mainly use it for playing practical jokes on friends but I could send and e-mail and make it look as if you sent it personally pretty easily (if I knew your address that is).

A.N.Other · 21 May 2012 at 15:35

Easy as it comes to spoof a sender address. Don't worry about it.

oldbag · 21 May 2012 at 15:36

Is the russian hot?

Siliconslave · 21 May 2012 at 15:46

its a little known fact that e-mail can, on occasions such as a solar-eclipse, be delivered pan-dimensionally. It would appear that you've received a mail from an alternative dimension where your a Russian web-cam lady. Click the link to see how hot you'd be...

PistolPete · 21 May 2012 at 15:50

Relentless81 said:
And apparently I'm a sexy lady in Russia who wants me to click a link

I cant figure out how they got in, my account is secure with a complex password and secret questions I barely know the answer to, and I have notifications set for changes to the account, could it be they're using my address as an alias only?

Theres nothing in the sent items either

Did you have much to drink last night????

Bones · 21 May 2012 at 15:54

What a load of mumbo jumbo "spoofing email" as if!! Its blatantly a message from your future self, and you've had a sex change and moved to russia.

Relentless81 · 21 May 2012 at 20:01

I've honestly never heard of spoofing an address before, and to think I work in IT, never employ me.

PistolPete · 21 May 2012 at 20:15

To be fair it's not as common now as it used to be as anti-spam daemons on mail servers do a better job of weeding it out.

estebanrey · 21 May 2012 at 20:53

Relentless81 said:
I've honestly never heard of spoofing an address before, and to think I work in IT, never employ me.

If you use a microsoft exchange server at your work it's pretty darn easy

bitslice · 21 May 2012 at 21:30

Relentless81 said:
I've honestly never heard of spoofing an address before, and to think I work in IT, never employ me.

Actually a lot of IT people don't have a clue about hacking techniques, or how viruses work, or what firewalls do, in fact frankly a lot know naff all about a lot of stuff they flipping well should know a lot about.

I blame programs that 'fix stuff' when you press a button, it's de-skilled a profession

LordSplodge · 21 May 2012 at 21:45

Burnsy2023 said:
They've probably just spoofed the sender address.

This. It's easy.

LordSplodge · 21 May 2012 at 21:47

Relentless81 said:
I've honestly never heard of spoofing an address before, and to think I work in IT, never employ me.

Really? Doing what in IT? Microsoft?

LordSplodge · 21 May 2012 at 21:49

estebanrey said:
If you use a microsoft exchange server at your work it's pretty darn easy

See Hatter the Mad's post above. You don't need Exchange or anything like that.

[FnG]magnolia · 21 May 2012 at 22:19

OP, have you considered that you might actually be a hot Russian lady?

pingwing · 21 May 2012 at 23:18

Its a trap!