Does my machine send spam???

[Colin Law]

On 17 October 2016 at 12:27, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm putting this in the thread because I only got a single copy rather
> than the usual several, which makes it appear more legitimate, and it
> claims to be from somebody I know although the email address is
> different, but sent to several recipients who I also know with what look
> like genuine addresses.
>

That sounds like somebody's email has been hacked and they have got hold of
the contacts list. Not necessarily you though. Most likely someone with a
hotmail or google acct or similar has responded to a website popping up a
dialog asking them to sign in to their hotmail acct (or whatever).

Colin
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