Android Police: Gmail users find spam in their sent folder, but don’t panic

Monday, April 23, 2018

Gmail users find spam in their sent folder, but don’t panic

Gmail users are reporting that spam emails are turning up in their sent folder. To the users involved, it looks as if their own accounts were used to send that spam, and many have rushed to change their passwords and enable stronger security. But in actual fact, it's just a clever spam campaign and affected accounts have not been compromised.

When you find spam emails in your sent folder, your first thought is that your account has been hacked.

Gmail users find spam in their sent folder, but don't panic was written by the awesome team at Android Police.