6 messages in com.googlegroups.gmail-help-gmail-for-mobile-enRe: Same email adress?
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ArielitzApr 1, 2008 10:30 am 
yyjjbbApr 1, 2008 11:06 am 
an88Apr 1, 2008 11:29 am 
jasonsApr 2, 2008 3:26 am 
an88Apr 2, 2008 8:34 am 
jasonsApr 3, 2008 4:39 am 
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Subject:Re: Same email adress?Actions...
From:jasons ()
Date:Apr 3, 2008 4:39:33 am
List:com.googlegroups.gmail-help-gmail-for-mobile-en

it's automated, somebody typed out that e-mail once, then ran a program that took as input many e-mail addresses, and the program changed who it looked it was coming from to be very similar to the one it was sending to.

On Apr 2, 11:35 am, an88 wrote:

jasons, you mean there s no real person trying to impersonate me? why should anyone spam like this? i spoke to my friends - all are saying this is unheard of, rare...

On Apr 2, 3:26 pm, jasons wrote:

It means nothing. that was spam that you got. they don't actually have that e-mail address. they make it look like it so that you'll open it.

On Apr 1, 2:29 pm, an88 wrote:

i just got a chat invite from a stranger with an email id resembling mine. He/She has just added an extra existing alphabet in my id - most people wont notice the difference.

What should be done about a stranger using a mail id resembling mine, to impersonate me to send unwanted mails? i havent accepted the invite yet- but what could this mean?- Hide quoted text -