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randyibm
New Contributor
6 years ago

I find odd that cox will not allow new email address to be made. I have had my cox email address for many many years. Yesterday I got hit with a "email cluster bomb" where my email was used and is still being used to sign up for a ton of news l

I find odd that cox will not allow new email address to be made.  I have had my cox email address for many many years.  Yesterday I got hit with a "email cluster bomb" where my email was used and is ...
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yak
Contributor III
6 years ago

Randy, you have a bigger problem than you know.  Someone has made a purchase online using your email address.  They cover up the purchase by flooding you with 1,000 newsletters.  You have to go thru all of the emails to find the one that says "Your item is being shipped to....."  or "You can track your purchase online".   Do a Google search for this scam.  You are not alone.

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    randyibm
    New Contributor
    6 years ago

    Yea I am aware of what could happen and watching everything.  But Thanks.

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      KevinM2
      Former Moderator
      6 years ago
      @Randyibm, you mentioned previously "email delivery failure." Are you also having difficulty sending and receiving emails? If so, are you on webmail.cox.net when experiencing this issue or are you using a client email? -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator
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        randyibm
        New Contributor
        6 years ago

        Kevin I have no problem sending or receiving emails and I am using Thunderbird on my laptop.  The "email delivery failure." are emails I have not sent, its from who ever spoofed my email.  So in the end those are good because I didn't get signed up for something. 🙂
        But its a sign to me the cox email server still may have an issue.