In my spam folder I found e-mail from my own address. I didn't write it or send it. How is this possible?

I thought e-mail addresses were personal and personally owned by the individual. Today I found mail in my Spam folder supposedly written by me and sent to me. How is this possible? How do I stop this without giving up my address?

In my spam folder I found e-mail from my own address. I didn't write it or send it. How is this possible?
You can't stop it, it's the spammers at work, they are doing it to everyone. It's one way to get you to open it. My heart sank when I found my first one. Don't mark it spam or you will be blocking your own address, just delete it. It' won't continue. Our email address is available and easily accessed to anyone. It shocked me when I found that out.
Reply:Here is what I think Happened. When one is infected with a virus, the address book is usually commandeered and the virus is sent out to everyone in the address book, including yourself if your name is in there also. Hopefully you have some anti-virus software on your computer. I would update it and then run a virus scan as quickly as possible. If you currently are not protected by an anti-virus program, you might try to download one from the internet. A good one to try is AVG Free from Grisoft. I say try because if you have been infected, the virus often tries to prevent the victim from downloading an anti-virus program. If such is the case, Find a friend to download it to a CD and then install it on your computer via her CD. There might be a simpler, less scary explanation, but at least you should be aware of the possibilities.

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