Google mailer daemon "undeliverable" messages in hotmail junk box. Elaborate spam??

Question

My [my name]@hotmail.com spam/junk folder is full of the following format messages:

Email from "mail delivery subsystem" <******@googlemail.com>

Your message wasn't delivered to [my name]@aol.com because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail. 

The response from the remote server was:

554 delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a aol.com account ([my name]@aol.com) [-9] - mta4065.aol.mail.bf1.yahoo.com

There is always an .eml attachment to these which I never open.

I am SO confused how an email from the google mailer daemon account is in my hotmail spam box, addressed to an aol account with a yahoo server!!

I'm 90% sure its elaborate spam, but it's confusing the hell out of me now. If my account is getting spoofed, surely the mailer would send it to the gmail spam box instead?!

Answer 1

Hi,

I’ve seen your conversation with my colleague Antoneth Ber and you’ve confirmed that you’re still getting the same concern. Can you verify if you’ve already checked all of the suggested articles in the initial response of this thread? If yes, we’d recommend contacting our Outlook.com in-app support for further assistance about your concern. They may other ways on checking these messages that you’re receiving. Click this link to reach out with them. The said link will route you to the help page of Outlook.com. Please see screenshots for the next steps.

Should you have any other clarifications, don’t hesitate to let me know.

Answer 2

Hello special,

Upon searching the error messages that you've received, it stated that when you get a message MAILER-DAEMON" or a "Mail Delivery Subsystem" with a subject similar to "Failed Delivery," this means that an email you sent was undeliverable and has been bounced back to you.

If your email is not delivered to a particular domain, it is more than likely due to a spam filtering. They might place your email address in the from field because lots of email program are not that smart filtering spam.

For your own security, I suggest that you immediately change your password. There are a lot of things that we can do to prevent this. It would be a great help if you take your time reading these articles:

Password information

Hacked account FAQ

Phishing scam

Deal with abuse, phishing, or spoofing in Outlook.com

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