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My husband's gmail account was hacked and he is now receiving hundreds of emails that appear to be redirected from other companies. He changed his password which did not stop the incoming emails. No out going emails are being made from his account to people on his contact list at this time.

His ebay account was also hacked (passwords and account setting have been changes). Any suggests on disabling the account or stopping the incoming emails?

kieferschild · Answer

Hi there,

it may be that he is suffering from backscatter spam.

Basically, if someone spoofed his email address or sent from his account to say 1000 email addresses and 50 of those email addresses that he sent to did not exist, he would probably receive 50 bounce back emails to his inbox saying the mailbox didnt exist.

Best thing to do would be to create a rule within GMAIL that moves email with a common phrase to the delete items so you can filter out your inbox.

Other then that you should contact GMAIL and Ebay support to let them know.

Make sure you pick a secure password going forward.

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