MattyJ wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:27:46 -0700, Paul G. Allen
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I'm used to, on occasion, getting a failed delivery message from an
>> e-mail address I never sent an e-mail to. They're obviously spam with a
>> spoofed header, and are returned to me by a mail server/spam filter that
>> is improperly configured. Recently I've been getting several per day
>> from all over the place.
>>
>> Has anyone ales seen this type of spam in their mail accounts or is it
>> just that some ass face out there in spam land decided to use my mail
>> address for a while?
>>
>> PGA
>
>
> Of the about 300 spam messages I've received since Friday night (still in
> my trash can) I have three of these types of messages. I get one or two a
> day, it seems.
I have 271 spams since I cleared them this morning.
> I never contemplated that a spammer would actually be using my address as
> the reply-to, I just assumed it was spoofed and sent only to me that way.
> My wife got one of these a while back and freaked out about it. That's the
> only one where I actually opened it and saw the spoofed header.
Anybody that's been on the net more than 6 months will get Joe-jobbed.
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