Q: Mail issue
Lately some of my friends have received what are obviously scam emails purporting to be from me
Also, I have received scam emails purporting to be from some friends
Should I be worried and if so, can anything be done?
Thanks
iPad Air, iOS 8.1
Posted on Aug 23, 2015 12:14 PM
Browbeaten
Here is what I suspect has happened. Someone who has you as contact on their device, most likely a PC, got hacked and now the hacker got hold of all the email addresses of everyone that was in that contact list. It is pretty easy to spoof an address. You don't have much to worry about other than the annoyance. And yes the fact that they do not appear in your Sent is indeed good. You did not send them. Someone else did spoofing your address.
Posted on Aug 24, 2015 2:50 PM
