Undeliverable Bounce message, but no original email sent

[Charlotte Howard]

Hi,
I've recieved the message below, but I have never emailed the address that
the bounce back referred to.

Is this as a result of spammers or spoofers?
Is there any way around this?
Thanks
Charlotte

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Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

Subject: New South Wales position.
Sent: 23/10/2007 14:26

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

[email removed] on 23/10/2007 15:29
The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not
report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still
fails, contact your system administrator.
< quark.sge.net #5.0.0 X-Postfix; host 10.11.2.19[10.11.2.19]
said: 550 <email removed>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in
relay recipient table>

 

[F. H. Muffman]

I've recieved the message below, but I have never emailed the address that
the bounce back referred to.

Is this as a result of spammers or spoofers?
Is there any way around this?

Yes, it is likely a result of either a spammer harvesting your email address
from the web/USENET, or a virus on someone elses machine that uses *their*
address book to address the From on spam messages it sends.

Not really a way around it.