Are you getting bounced-back email that you never sent? Are you wondering if your email address has been hacked? Here’s how to tell if your email address is being used without your permission.
Check this free service, haveibeenEMOTET, to see if your email address is being “spoofed”.
Your address can be marked as:
SENDER FAKE → Emails are not sent from your account, but your email address is being used as a label to hide the real sender. This is known as spoofing. Your email addresses and contacts may have been stolen. Be sure to change the passwords and perform an AntiVirus scan.
SENDER REAL → This is the actual email account used by the Emotet Botnet to send the SPAM, indicating that the password of your email account has been compromised, and you may be or have been infected. Your emails and/or your contacts may have been stolen. It’s important to change the passwords and perform an AntiVirus scan.
RECIPIENT → This means that the email address or domain has received MalSpam emails from Emotet, therefore it is necessary to pay close attention to emails received, also from your known contacts. Again, it’s best to do an AntiVirus check.