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Old 26th July 2011 | 12:44
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Cunliffe
 
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I too am receiving similar messages, some days between 50 and 100. Most, but not all, have attachments (which I have never opened). They only arrive on my orange (freeserve) account.
With a freeserve email address you can put any word in front of the @ and it will still get through. The bounced mails have all sorts of words at the beginning, often a variation on my actual name.
Orange technical support were not very helpful, the advisor in some far flung location did not seem to understand the problem. However a local "expert" has told me they are phishing mails and should just be deleted.
I know a couple of local businesses whose computers have been hacked and their address books used to send spam to their customers. This is my worst nightmare.
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