How is it possible that someone is sending me spam from MY own yahoo.com address?

Question

I just got "discount watch" junk mail from [my e-mail address] to [my e-mail address]. These people have been working their way through every combination close to my address, for a few weeks now, but I don't understand how they can use my actual address. Is this not secured in some way? Why has Yahoo made it available to them? It's not good for my credibility with clients who communicate with me through that address, obviously. All information gratefully received.

Answer 1

It is not because someone logged into your yahoo account and sending mail.



Spammer has used this method of sending mail to you using your email address (i.e. they have mask their mail sender's name with your email (or receiver) address) so that spam filter thinking it was send by you and doesn't filter it to junk mail. It is old trick used by spammer i.e. mail send by them having sender's and receiver's email address same.



This email address address is randomly generated and not leaked by yahoo.



If this yahoo mail is so important for your business, try using following steps:-



1> using thunderbird email client to access yahoo mail

https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20070904142158AAfyJbP

(the above solution you can use but instead of hotmail web extension, use yahoo web extension and instead of hotmail address use yahoo address)



2> get a digital signature

http://www.thawte.com/secure-email/personal-email-certificates/index.html

log this website and follow steps to get digital signature installed in thunderbird.



3>digital sign your message to verify it was send by you.

when composing mail, select Tools>options>"digital sign the message"



PS:-

1>remember "digital signing" email it becomes more difficult for you to later legally deny that that mail was send by you.

2>Only inbox of yahoo is synchronize and other folder made in yahoo cannot be download to thunderbird email client

3> if you still have trouble setting up, mail me using my profile details.

Answer 2

More than likely, it is a "spoofed" mail address. Many viruses/malware apps will exploit an infected computer's address book and send spam while forging some of the header fields with values found in the address book. Also, if your email address is readily "out there", such as on public forums, newsgroups, or web sites, it may have been harvested by a spider app.



Yahoo does have a spam filter in place and it works fairly well, unfortunately, spam filters are not perfect and cannot stop spam 100%. If you restrict too tightly you run the risk of false positives, which IMHO is worse than a little spam.



You can also check the true origin of the email by analyzing the full header info. If you are using Yahoo Mail Beta, click the arrow next to "Compact header" or "Standard header" and choose "Full header". A window will pop up and show you the full header and the SMTP server chain it followed to get to your mailbox. On how to do that, I refer you to the source link below.



I've also included a wikipedia link to a very good write up on E-Mail spoofing.



I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Assuming you are careful surfing the net, your address is in someone else's address book or contact list. Spammers and Bulk e-mailers access a vulnerable address and then everyone else in that person's address book gets the same spam. I've had this happen and I've contacted Yahoo. Yahoo says there is nothing they can do about it. I emptied my address book and contact lists. Once in awhile in my bulk mail I will get e-mails close to my name but none that are from me to me since I did this. Let your clients know this is not you sending the spam, and yes everyone gets these sooner or later, so your 'people' will understand. If this continues your other option is to create a new yahoo email account and import your address book to it.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It was not sent from your address at all. The from address associated with emails can be edited to display anything. This is why it is difficult to know where the spams are coming from.

Answer 6

Freaky, isn't it?



I know I sure went "WHA?!?!" the first time I saw it.



But, as others have said, it didn't really come from your account.



So, no, they didn't USE your address, it just appears there; that is, the address it was sent TO appears also as FROM; Yahoo did NOT make it available to them.



No, your clients won't be getting random spam that looks like it's coming from you.

Answer 7

They can't unless they know your password and actually logged into your account.

If you are seeing your name as the "from" address, that can be changed in programming when they send the spam. They really sent it from somewhere else. Look in the code of the email and you can see the IP of the computer it was sent from and if you are really concerned, you could see if it matches your's. If it does, then someone did it from sitting at your desk or from cracking into your computer -- which is quite unlikely really.

Answer 8

I doubt that it is actually coming from your address but rather disguised as your address, it is an option available through email bombing utilities

Answer 9

spoof program to get past the filters; almost everyone has gotten this



Creates random addresses that match yours

Answer 10

The 'FROM' header of an email can be dynamicly changed using software and/or code when sending emails to anything you want

Answer 11

some email programs do not require

a correct authorization for the sender.



for me too it's annoying that yahoo

can't filter them to spam automatically.

Answer 12

They are spoofing. They are maskign their address with yours.

Answer 13

Contact yahoo.com

Answer 14

dude obviusly you gave it out to one of your friends,and they think its funny ,,,, no blocking it, just start from sq1 and get a new adress