# MySpace emails: spam or worse?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-emails-spam-or-worse/362160>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-emails-spam-or-worse/362160 "2006-06-26T03:38:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-emails-spam-or-worse/362160/1 "2006-06-26T03:38:33Z")

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For about the last two weeks, I have been getting barraged with emails from people wanting to be my friend at MySpace. No, I don’t have a MySpace account. So what is going on? Some kind of spam, or worse?

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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-emails-spam-or-worse/362160/2 "2006-06-26T04:27:11Z")

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More than likely they’re phishing, trying to get people’s Myspace passwords. The link contained in the email would go to a dummy page that looks exactly like Myspace’s page, but is hosted somewhere else, and sends someone the login and password.

Why you would want access to a stranger’s Myspace account is unknown to me, though.

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-emails-spam-or-worse/362160/3 "2006-06-26T07:22:06Z")

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Why you would want access to MySpace is unknown to me.

Seriously though, you might try reporting this to the MySpace admins.