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My Hotmail Hacked?

by secrets2010
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Hi,

I received an email promoting a product and it says that it was sent from my email adress...also on the from field theres my name on it...was my hotmail hacked?

thanks
#hacked #hotmail
  • Profile picture of the author secrets2010
    now i see...i click on reply and i can see now that i wouldnt sent the reply to myself and i can see the email adress where the reply would be sent...so i think the guy basically edit his profile information so that the email appears that was sent from me/my name...
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    • Profile picture of the author DivaOnline
      I've had my yahoo hacked a couple of times...sending out mass emails from my address to all of my contacts. I just change the password and send out an email telling people do not open the last email from me.

      The last time it happened, I opened the email from another computer and it was a weight loss product affiliate link.

      Lately, I've been getting emails from people with my full name and address in the subject line. I never open them and delete.

      Spammers will always find a way!
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  • Profile picture of the author Matt Ward
    It's called spoofing. Your hotmail account isn't hacked, and there's really nothing you can do about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shazia Mirza
    In a sense, no and yes.

    What happened is that a hacking script entered your account and is probably mailing you list with tons of promos.

    Thats right, its what black hatters do unfortunately

    I don't know how to fix it, but I can probably say that an actual human being hasn't hacked your account.

    Maybe searching on Google can help you?!?!
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  • Profile picture of the author mandark
    No, mattward is correct and IMReview is incorrect. Your account was not hacked by human or machine - no one accessed it. They simply spoofed it to make it LOOK like it was sent from you, in a desperate attempt to avoid spam filters.

    There is nothing to be done about this except mark it as spam and move on.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kazz
      I'm getting spam emails from 3 friends hotmail accounts. If they change their passwords would that put a stop to it?
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