[Gllug] spam

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 06 Aug, Diana Scott wrote:
> 
> I have been receiving 10 - 15 spam email every day since early June
> this year. I was shocked to find out some of the regular spam have my
> email address as the sending address but in a different sender name
> sending it back to my email account. When it arrives, the sender
> appeared as "Me". Do you know how the spammers find my email address
> and how do they fake the sender id as ME sending it back to the
> original address  ?

   Friends using M$ get many like that.

> 
> What do they gain by sending these spam email ? What do I need to do
> to get my email address off from the spammers mailing lists or stop
> receiving from them ? Can "Report to phishing" stop them spamming?

   I report all phishing attempts to the organisation being faked.

> 
> Are there any government agencies that help to control email spamming
> in the UK ? Are they breaking any law by sending fake id spamming ?

   You must be joking. The government may have created some named
organisations, and set aside a shared seat in some office.

> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Diana



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