AT&T email help, please

[Yvonne G]

My regular email account is through AT&T. So I go to the mail site, click on "preferences," then on "spam," and in that window I can copy/paste email addresses that come to me that are spam. This a.m. I was going to do just that with one I received that said I had 6 messages waiting for me from this online dating service (that I don't subscribe to). However, the "from" address for this spam email was my very own address!!! How can that be?

 

[egyptiandan]

To get around spam filters, spammers will use your e-mail address and forward it back to you. Clever little buggers. Not sure what to do to prevent that from happening.

Danny

 

[fhintz]

Maybe Dudley was looking for a lady friend?

Sorry, I don't have a real answer /

Frank

 

[Yvonne G]

Maybe Dudley was looking for a lady friend?

Sorry, I don't have a real answer /

Frank

LOL!!! Darn him anyway! I've tried real hard to keep those darned dating sites off my computer, and now I find out how they're getting in there!

 

[sammi]

Have you tried calling AT&T directly and telling them? I get a lot of spam, but never have gotten any from "myself"..