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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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5. It's possible to spoof a return address.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 03:49 PM
Feb 2013

The emails may not have even been sent from you email but only spoofed with your address.
Alternatively if they were sent from your yahoo they may have deleted the corresponding sent mail.

Yahoo is famous for being hacked. RC Feb 2013 #1
I did change my password, thanks siligut Feb 2013 #2
I tried your link and got a 404 error. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #3
What gave you the confidence to open the link? siligut Feb 2013 #4
Sorry, I thought you meant the email link siligut Feb 2013 #7
There's a comma in the URL you posted Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #13
I mean the link in this post Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #14
Done and thanks siligut Feb 2013 #15
It's possible to spoof a return address. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #5
I am still trying to find out what the link was siligut Feb 2013 #6
It could vary discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #8
Is there any way to tell by looking at the URL? siligut Feb 2013 #9
Not that I know of. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #10
That does help me siligut Feb 2013 #11
Probably not the G-men... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #12
I got a 404 error in German Go Vols Feb 2013 #16
Thank you, so it is malicious, but only if you edit the URL siligut Feb 2013 #17
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