Spam email sent from my own email to myself.

Hi Stan,

Thank you for your message. Ironically the notifications that you had responded were going into the junk so I have only just seen that you have responded. I checked the [X-Sender-IP] and [X-SID-PRA] and it once again showed that the email had originated from my own email address. The sender IP can be traced to a VPN service in Germany so it seems that it's a spoofed email. I have checked the activity logs and can see that there is a steady stream of attempts to get into my account, however none of these have been successful and there are no successful attempts around the time that the email was sent.

Thank you for your help.

Elliot

Hello!

I received an email from my own email as the sender. It was on 26th Dec but I have just found it in my junk folder. I followed these steps- found the source, copy pasted in notepad, I pressed Ctrl and F and pasted "X-SID-PRA" but it is my email that is written there. I also looked at the IP address, how do I know if its mine or not? I can't find my IP address on my wifi settings. What can I do with the IP address I found in the message source?

What should I do now? How do I stop receiving such emails? Why and how does it happen? How do I protect myself, my data and my outlook account?

On another note, is it a sign of a compromised account if my cursor keeps flashing or the emails take long to open or to edit (this happens with long emails)

Looking forward to your response

Dear janetpierce-ritter,

Your question is different from the OP's, and it has become a hot issue.

Kindly refer to this post Why is my Outlook email being identified as spam and fails to deliver? - Microsoft Community which includes solutions proposed by me and other forum users.

Best Wishes,

Stan.L - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

You did not answer my queation but here is the response I am getting when the email to myself is sent back to me:

This doesn't happen on my computer just my android phone

Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

janet pierce-ritter (******@live.com)Your message wasn't delivered because the recipient's email provider rejected it.

I can forward you the entire response if that would be helpful

Thank you

Janet

Dear Elliot Lewis,

Welcome to Microsoft Community,

I am sorry to hear that you received a spam that seems to be sent from yourself and I would like to help you out.

There are two possibilities: Your account was hacked or the spammer spoofed the mail source. To tell if your account was compromised, please use this link to see recent activities on your Microsoft account. If someone tried to sign in, it will show up in the activity log. If there are no unusual logins. Then these emails are phishing emails.

Check the recent sign-in activity for your Microsoft account - Microsoft Support

Since Outlook does not allow blocking of your own address, and a hacker may have spoofed the source e-mail as your address. Therefore, simply right-click and report or block may doesn't stop them.

The solution is to check the message source and find the spammer's real address and IP and then block manually or report them.

You can access your email in outlook.live.com, follow three dots on the top right: View - [View Email Source] and search for

 [X-Sender-IP] and [X-SID-PRA] followed by the actual IP and sending email address.

After finding the hackers' real mail addresses, you can manually block them: [Settings]-[Mail]-[Junk email].

You can also refer to this article: View internet message headers in Outlook - Microsoft Support

These emails are likely to be from the same person, which means you don't need to repeat the process multiple times.

If the spam is originated from Microsoft domain, you could report the address to abuse@microsoft.com or report spam: MSRC reporting portal

You can also report this address to a third-party anti-spam organization Building Trust and Safety on the Internet | Spamhaus.

Disclaimer: Microsoft does not provide any assurances and/or warranties, implied or otherwise, and is not responsible for any information you receive from linked third-party sites or any technology-related materials.

Please contact our community support team if there are any updates on this issue or if you are still unsure, we are always here to help.

Best Regards,

Stan - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist