My e-mail address is being used for spam scam.

if its to true then its a scam, there are more and more scams out there never click on links as there are spam bots connected with them and it will send other people spam using your e-mail address with out you having a record of it

I would go through the list and make sure that the addresses all conform to user or user.name followed with @ and a domain name as in example,com

Since you are sending a mass of emails it appears that you may be replying-all to ab email sent to you. Look through each and every address on that list for any that do not conform to the syntax of an email address. Also, you cannot email to more than fifty recipients in one message.

It is my practice to use the Bcc if I am sending to a large group, and send it to myself, then Bcc eveyone on the list. Also before forwarding I edit out all of the header information.

One thing I hate is have to scroll three screens down past all of an assorted number of forwarded headers before I see what I am supposed to read. Additionally, by doing away with all of the previous recipients, their email address isn't going to land on an infected computer that is skimming all of the email addresses and using them for spam.

This email is a SPAM ... (sent to many email addresses) ... in hope that some unsuspecting person will fall for the SCAM. Don't bother responding to it. It will probably ask you for your name, personal and banking information, etc. and then ask you to send / wire money to them to be able to get money from them, or after receiving a fake/counterfeit check to deposit ... (it will bounce) ... after you send them some of your real, hard earned money !

Best to ignore the email ... mark it as a SPAM ... so that it will be tagged as a SPAM by the email programs, when it is sent to other email addresses.

Don't panic. Email can be sent by anyone, to anyone, with no verification of anyone's identity. It is not uncommon for scammers to target people with email. They send out 1 million emails in one click, so that even if only 1 in 1,000,000 people will fall for their scam, they still get something. It is illegal, but too difficult and expensive to pursue.

Do not reply, do not pay. Mark messages as spam in Yahoo and go on with your life.

You can read more about email scams at these links:
http://goo.gl/fhGv2
http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/e-scams

Send an email to any one of these people and ask them to use the 'Reply' function of their mail program. Specifically ask them to use the generated 'to:' address and not to type in your email address. You want to eliminate 'finger trouble (splelign erorrs)' as a possibility.

If you receive these replies, the problem might be with the senders not typing in your name perfectly. They could also be spelling the domain portion of the address incorrectly. gmail.com is not the same as gmail.net and gmail.us - if those even exist.

Check your spam folder. In gmail, I have never had a problem with real messages going in to the spam folder.I never even look anymore.

At a former employer i had lots of messages flagged as possible SPAM with the word SPAM added to the Subject field of the message.

Most likely it isn't true. Most of the time it is a scam especially on Yahoo mail. If the email seems very poorly written or is asking you for any personal information it is a scam. You could also look up who the email is from online to see if it is a scam. Just type in the name of the people that sent the email to you and "scam" in google.

Hello drobe07, That is definitely a scam site, do not respond to it. You can report the spam to Yahoo using the following link:

• Yahoo Spam Reporting

You will have to login to complete the report. Once you submit the report go back into Yahoo mail and check the box next to the email and hit the spam button. Post a reply if you have any further questions. Thanks for using FixYa! Edward

The emails went to the addressee. If they didn't, you would get a notification saying something like this; "unable to deliver .....".
Someone else who knew the password could read it and delete it. Just a possibility. Or the addressee deleted it accidently.
I can't help you more.
Best wishes
luciana44

Hi, It is not your fault that your mail to your friend entered spam. Email service providers usually have that issue especially yahoo. Gmail is better in that it accepts most mail without spamming then. Mails in spam folders are usually automatically deleted after some time on Yahoo. What you need to do is tell your friends who use Yahoo to include your name in their address books. That way, when they get mail from you, it will not enter spam. You can always check your "Sent" folder for a copy of the mail you sent earlier that didn't get to them.
Cheers.

Yes, indeed there is! But you will need to add the addresses one by one.
Here is what you need to do to block certain addresses:

1) Go to your inbox and look for this option (see below). It is just below the search button. Click it and select 'Mail Options'.


2) If you have chosen correctly, then it should take you to another page.

3) On the left pane you will see a list of options to choose from. Click on the 'Spam' option.

4) Choosing the spam option will present the extended options on the right side.

5) On the right side there will be a section for 'Blocked e-mail addresses'. You can specify all the id's to block. Then onwards you will only recieve from the ones you want.

6) As a shortcut you can also select the 'View' option and select 'Messages from my contacts option'. (See figure below).



Do not give your e-mail id on random sites. They are the ones responsible for sending you spam. Examples are dating and adult sites.
Also if the yahoo! server is busy you can do this another time.

Thank you for using fixya!