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Originally Posted by AdeRickus
Brute force doesnt make sense, I can see others in the email address list and they are VERY specific, it is a list of some sort,
Dictionary, I have already ruled out, my name isnt on one, guaranteed,
The only people who know my email address is NTL themselves,
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Actually, spammers use a combination of hacking and brute force. They don't need to necessarily hack NTL. If you have used your NTL addy as a registration email for any websites, they may hack the sites. If you (or any of your friends/colleagues) has your address in their Outlook address book, it is possible that they (accidentally) downloaded a virus that then transmitted the addresses in that address book back to the spammers. It is also possible that these viruses have set up their own SMTP service on the affected PC and sent the emails out to all the addresses in the Address book.
On top of these (and other methods) , they do use Brute Force.