URGENT! Danger: new spam trick on gmail
Published on April 6, 2014
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This evening, I was about to empty the Spam folder in my Gmail account.
There was an email from "me" and when I hovered over it, there I was, with my avatar and gmail address, sending a SPAM email to myself??!!
The email subject was: "Ohio Safety Congress & Expo 2014. Simple and Profitable. globalpowerads dot com"
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Whatever you do, DON'T click on that if it came up as a link. I certainly didn't!
Has anyone had a similar experience? This is my first time. Does gmail have a means where I can report the theft and use of my gmail account to send spam emails?
If someone has stolen my gmail address and is using it to send SPAM, it's not going to do me the power of good and I could become blacklisted as a SPAMMER! Goodness knows what rubbish is being sent out under my name!!!
I've had that email address ever since gmail came into being and this is the first such incident in over 10 years. Isn't technology wonderful? NOT!
If anyone has had a similar incident or knows the best way to fix the situation, I would appreciate some advice. I won't be opening or deleting the email until this is sorted out!
:( george
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