drcobalt

So lately i have been receiving emails from strange people and the To field has someone elses name - the email itself is blank

I do virus and malware scans and they are fine. So...:

1. Do i have a virus\malware that isnt showing
2. Are these spam emails waiting for me to open them (i never have - straight deletion)
3. Is there a company that has my email address that has a virus which is sending out random mails
4. Are these dodgy emails that my virus protection is filtreing out the content
5. something else

cheers in advance

michaelwoodcock

Could also simply be companies fishing for active email accounts to spam constantly with their junk. I get a few of these every month. If they open, I get a request to send a receipt of delivery, which I refuse. Not sure if every email client gives you the option to refuse sending the receipt though.

drcobalt

havent had the received recipt thing. Just a blank email thats not addressed to me. I mark it as spam and delete it before opening.

More annoying than worrying. Just lately I have been getting about 10 a week

retired_Fit

I like the junk mails that have subjects like "is that you" ... oh, well done, you got me there

blackdice

I occaisionally receive e-mails with "remember me?" in the subject.

Sometimes they have a relatively vague story in the body which can be somewhat confusing if i'm feeling a bit dozy.

retired_tanuja

I'd say a virus of some sort that your scans haven't picked up...

drcobalt

if so - how can i find these viruses