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Hello,

I'm not sure if this is the best forum to post this in but it's the best matching one I could find.

 

One of my email accounts has been sending emails that I didn't send, however they have only been sending to myself, and all but one say "myemail@gmail.com via SomeWebsite"

Does this mean my email account has been compromised, or is there some way they can put my address in to a website and send emails from it without knowing the password?

The one that doesn't say it was sent through another website, Gmail gives a warning that it wasn't sent through Gmail.

 

Examples of both:

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How concerned should I be? 

Is this just the newest way of spamming and I should ignore it, or should I change my password?

 

 

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Go to 'Sent emails' folder and see if the messages you received are also in there

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Just now, DatBrummie said:

 

They are

Then you should change your password, or a family member might be trolling :P

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16 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Then you should change your password, or a family member might be trolling :P

Thanks for the help

I've changed my password and signed out of all other sessions.

 

The account in question, I never even log in to myself.

I have it set to automatically forward emails to my main account, and I send emails from it from my main account. 

I changed the password of my main account too, just to be safe.

 

 

 

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