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Perdita
10-09-2011, 11:16
It appears my email account has been hacked into and family and friends are getting spam from my account. :( :angry: Do I need to set up a new email account now? Not sure really what I need to do now. Grateful for any advice :)
alan45
10-09-2011, 14:02
Set up a new email account for your friends and family. Never use that address on the likes of Facebook which is full of links requesting your email address which they harvest and then send out messages purporting to be from you to everyone in your address book The trouble is that if your friend reply to these messages then their email address will also be hacked. Always use disposable email addresses when replying to anything on the internet
megan999
10-09-2011, 17:08
I have more than one email address - one I use for friends and family, one for FaceBook, and one to enter competitions with etc.
Perdita
10-09-2011, 18:23
I have more than one email address - one I use for friends and family, one for FaceBook, and one to enter competitions with etc.

I do too, and I never open emails from unknown senders. Changed the password and created a new email account, it sucks though having to enter all the contact details again :(
Dazzle
10-09-2011, 18:45
This has happened to several people I know. Changing your password usually works, I don't think there's any need to abandon that account, unless it keeps happening. It's a good idea to make sure your new password is really secure.
Perdita
10-09-2011, 18:51
This has happened to several people I know. Changing your password usually works, I don't think there's any need to abandon that account, unless it keeps happening. It's a good idea to make sure your new password is really secure.

It said it is very strong, so I hope it is :)
alan45
10-09-2011, 20:27
I do too, and I never open emails from unknown senders. Changed the password and created a new email account, it sucks though having to enter all the contact details again :(

I could nearl say 100% that your problem originated on Facebook.. There was a program on there which promised to tell you who had been looking at your page. If you entered your details then it hacked your address book and sent out spam to all your contacts
Perdita
10-09-2011, 21:33
I don't answer any of those things on facebook, only tick the occasional 'Like' don't use it for anything else
alan45
10-09-2011, 21:56
I don't answer any of those things on facebook, only tick the occasional 'Like' don't use it for anything else

Well thats that theory shot down in flames then :)