Is anybody else getting spam email from emails in their contacts list?
exampasser
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A while back on my hotmail account I started getting spam email from one email in my contact list. Just today I started getting spam email from another email in my contact list. I"m beginning to wonder if a spammer somehow got a hold of my contact list or one of my friend's contact list.
UPDATE: I looked at the originating IP address and it was apparently send from Thailand.
UPDATE: I looked at the originating IP address and it was apparently send from Thailand.
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SteveLord Member Posts: 1,717I've avoided hotmail like the plague for years.WGU B.S.IT - 9/1/2015 >>> ???
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Monkerz Member Posts: 842Some of your contacts probably have some kind of trojan on their PC that is spamming their contact list. Enjoy. GMAIL, HOTMAIL, and YAHOOMAIL are notorious for this.
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ibcritn Member Posts: 340I have been getting SPAM from PrepLogic non-stop it quite literally has caused me to no longer use their training. I have unsubscribed, but still get some updates...oh well ive created a rule so they end up in the junk folder.CISSP | GCIH | CEH | CNDA | LPT | ECSA | CCENT | MCTS | A+ | Net+ | Sec+
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varelg Banned Posts: 790Some of your contacts probably have some kind of trojan on their PC that is spamming their contact list. Enjoy. GMAIL, HOTMAIL, and YAHOOMAIL are notorious for this.
In my case, this is only with Yahoo and haven't had that problem on gmail and hotmail, although truth be told, I don't have as many contacts on those accounts.
My other guess is that chances of spam from trusted contacts increases when you reference your own email addresses from different providers to one another.