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I keep getting the same 3 or 4 types of spam again and again. All of them spoof my email address (which, I think, is why my spam filter isn't catching them), all of them have "delivery status notification", "your order" or "message" as the subject (with or without a "re:"), and all of them are marked "urgent" (which is the easiest way for me to notice them).

I haven't seen anything anywhere about an epidemic of stuff like this, but then I don't know that I would have. Am I the only one?

ToLiveIsToFly wrote: I haven't seen anything anywhere about an epidemic of stuff like this, but then I don't know that I would have. Am I the only one?

No, those are pretty common subject lines for spam.

I haven't gotten bounce messages for quite a while, but have been this week. All used my spamcop.net email address. Nice of them to send directly to my filter!

The others are common header lines.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

ToLiveIsToFly wrote: I haven't seen anything anywhere about an epidemic of stuff like this, but then I don't know that I would have. Am I the only one?

No, those are pretty common subject lines for spam.

The fact that it's common doesn't surprise me (though I rarely look at the subject lines in my spam folder before I clear it out).

What seems new to me is that my spam filter isn't catching it because its' spoofing my email. I guess I'm asking if other people with spam filters (I use the one that comes with MSOutlook) are noticing a lot more of these types of messages getting by the filters the past couple weeks.

ToLiveIsToFly wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote: What seems new to me is that my spam filter isn't catching it because its' spoofing my email. I guess I'm asking if other people with spam filters (I use the one that comes with MSOutlook) are noticing a lot more of these types of messages getting by the filters the past couple weeks.

Nope, the spam that tries spoofing my address still gets caught by the filters on my work account. The volume of spam being sent to that address is still far lower than it used to be, since that McColo web host got shut down.

I am noticing a few spam being sent to my GMail address (and trapped by the filters there) that I wasn't getting before. I haven't used that address in very many places, so I suspect one of those sites might have shared it improperly.

ToLiveIsToFly wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

ToLiveIsToFly wrote: I haven't seen anything anywhere about an epidemic of stuff like this, but then I don't know that I would have. Am I the only one?

No, those are pretty common subject lines for spam.

The fact that it's common doesn't surprise me (though I rarely look at the subject lines in my spam folder before I clear it out).

What seems new to me is that my spam filter isn't catching it because its' spoofing my email. I guess I'm asking if other people with spam filters (I use the one that comes with MSOutlook) are noticing a lot more of these types of messages getting by the filters the past couple weeks.

Yes. I just reported two: One with "Your order" and the other with "Re: Order status". Both pointed to the mothersame.com website.

ToLiveIsToFly wrote:I keep getting the same 3 or 4 types of spam again and again. All of them spoof my email address (which, I think, is why my spam filter isn't catching them), all of them have "delivery status notification", "your order" or "message" as the subject (with or without a "re:"), and all of them are marked "urgent" (which is the easiest way for me to notice them).

I haven't seen anything anywhere about an epidemic of stuff like this, but then I don't know that I would have. Am I the only one?

The daily reports from my ISP's spam filter are showing an upswing of headers spoofing my e-mail address, 20 or so a day. They are not making it as far as my Outlook filter.

I just looked at my e-mail, and I had a lot of messages from Miss Oprah, one of my very best girlfriends, and two spam messages! I'm so excited. I never got spam before, and I like new things. These two seemed strange to me. They were from different people, but the subject line was the same in both -- "Christmas gift idea!" They were weird, though, because the gift suggested was some kind of medicine that would let me "keep going all night."

I don't know why I'd want to keep going. A girl needs her beauty sleep.

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