Re: Outlook Express: Fake Email (Am I Being Hacked?)

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On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:45:05 -0700, "Steve P"
<scpeterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How do you do that in Outlook Express? When you select it to delete it you
are opening it.

"Callmark1" <Callmark1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The lesson again and again: never never never open email which you are
not
expecting.

"JockoBailey" wrote:


"pbell19" <pbell19.28zi5m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good morning. I received an email with the following subject "557" and
the following body "5556." That was it. The other odd thing about it
was that my Outlook Express email address was listed as both the "from"
and "to," even though I never sent such an email.

Is someone trying to hack my computer? Or is this just some weird bug
and Outlook Express is just emailing itself for some reason?

Any assistance you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Paul


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A new twist in spammer tactics is being reported, although we're not sure
what their goal is at the moment.

Some of our readers report receiving messages apearing to originate from
themselves, with only numbers as subject and body.

The body does apears to be HTML encoded, but it's so basic as to not pose
a
threat so far.

(jocko)
One click on the message lets y'all read the message in the preview
pane. Two clicks opens it in a seperate window while 2clicks on a
paper clip opens the attachment.
hth
.

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