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Originally Posted by R. Nemo Hill
Siham's came as a gmail friend request, but gmail doesn't operate such a network of friends. It's obvious that they attempt to lure you in with familiarity.
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This might relate:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...g-address.html
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Users of Google's web-based email service Gmail will be bombarded with messages from total strangers following a system update which allows people to send them emails without needing their address, it is feared.
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Google recently changed their policies, trying to integrate Gmail with Google+ —which is their social-network service (similar to Facebook and Twitter.)
I had wondered what sort of odd shenanigans might come of the change. I'm not saying this is actually what is happening, but it might be.
BTW, I did a Google search of the site Nemo listed, and it led to a long list of articles about the Infoaxe virus.