OMG! How does this happen. I came home yesterday from running some errands and getting a couple insurance quotes and noticed a bunch of "undeliverable" replies in my email box. I took a look and noticed that, thankfully, about 90% of my contacts were NOT able to receive an e-mail THAT I NEVER SENT. I also received the e-mails and it appeared I had sent them to myself.
The e-mail was poorly written and advertising a great site "I" had found offering great savings on electronics. I immediately deleted the e-mails. One of my friends called to find out why I had sent that to her. I explained that I had been hacked but had no idea how to research and fix the problem.
The e-mail was poorly written and advertising a great site "I" had found offering great savings on electronics. I immediately deleted the e-mails. One of my friends called to find out why I had sent that to her. I explained that I had been hacked but had no idea how to research and fix the problem.
Today I noticed that my "vacation auto response" was turned on. That's what they did. They somehow created an auto response and sent it to everyone in my contacts list. I took the auto response off but they turned it back on today and resent the emails???
I have now changed my passwords and deleted the auto response message, what else can I do? Please, someone who knows about this stuff, let me know how this happens and how to safeguard against it.
...And if you got the suspicious e-mail, Sorry...it wasn't me.
That's horrible! Someone must have figured out your password. Hopefully they won't come back now that you have changed it.
ReplyDeleteI think, only people who 'knows' can easily hacked your emails. Good passwords should be alpha-numeric and those that are not easily associated with you.
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Dang that stinks! I really hate hackers! I hope changing your password works. You may also want to contact your e-mail support.
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