E-mail from myself.

Cú Giobach

I've just received an e-mail from "myself" directing me to a news story about some self help group .
What I'm wondering is....is this a security issue regarding someone accessing my computer or my e-mail, and should I be concerned or is it nothing to worry about, ie: some easy to do scam that isn't an issue for me.
I hope this is an ok place to post this, if not mods feel free to move.
Thanks.

biko

Was mail sent from Outlook on your computer or a web based client like hotmail/gmail etc?

ressem

It's an easy to do scam. People can set up their own email server for free on their pc or a number of internet servers and impersonate any other email address.

If you use Outlook / Thunderbird or a number of similar programs to read your mail then you can read through the source headers and get an idea of where it was routed through the internet (though possibly with the origin also faked).

Cú Giobach

biko wrote: »

Was mail sent from Outlook on your computer or a web based client like hotmail/gmail etc?

I don't use any programme for my e-mails, just a web based client.

My computer skills wouldn't be up to reading source headers (?) or anything.
If this is an easy to do scam I'm not really bothered about it (unless I should be?).
Thanks for the replies.

biko

Sometimes people that send spam will have an undisclosed list and it may look like mail was sent from yourself, depends on the mail client.

Without details like what online provider you use and a look at the headers I wouldn't worry much.

Cú Giobach

Cheers, nothing to worry about then.
Thanks for the input.